Ocean View (Cape Town)
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Ocean View, Cape Town, was established in 1968 as a township for coloured people who had been forcibly removed from so called "white areas" such as Simon's Town, Noordhoek, Red Hill, Glencairn etc. by the former apartheid government under the Group Areas Act. It was first called Slangkop and the first resident moved in 1 August 1968. It was ironically named Ocean View, with residents being removed from their previous sea-side homes and views. As a result, its history is embedded in apartheid, and there is still much bitter resentment among many people.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_View,_Cape_Town
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Coordinates: 34°8'57"S 18°21'12"E
- Grassy Park 19 km
- Strandfontein 20 km
- Philippi 23 km
- Goodwood 32 km
- Mfuleni 33 km
- Blue Downs 34 km
- Kuils River 39 km
- Stellenbosch Farms 41 km
- Brackenfell South 43 km
- Brackenfell 45 km
- Fishhoek 6.5 km
- Cape Peninsula 8.5 km
- Steenberg Golf Estate 11 km
- Tokai Forest 13 km
- Constantia Village 14 km
- Bergvliet 15 km
- Retreat 15 km
- Plumstead 18 km
- Alphen 18 km
- False Bay 28 km