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Western Cape - South Africa

Cape Flats

The Cape Flats (Afrikaans: Die Kaapse Vlakte) is an expansive, low-lying, flat area situated to the southeast of the central business district of Cape Town. To many people in Cape Town, the area is known simply as 'The Flats'. Described by some as 'apartheid's dumping ground', from the 1950s the area became home to people the apartheid government designated as non-White.

Located at -34, 18.6667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.642 miles away.
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Suburbs of Cape Town, Geologic formations with imbedded sand dunes, Geology of South Africa, Geography of South Africa

University of the Western Cape

The University of the Western Cape is a public university located in the Bellville suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It was established in 1960 by the South African government as a university for Coloured people only. Other universities near Cape Town are the University of Cape Town, and the Stellenbosch University (originally for Afrikaans speaking whites). The establishing of UWC was a direct effect of the Separate University Education Bill of 1957.

Located at -33.9333, 18.6333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.637 miles away.
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Universities in the Western Cape, Education in Cape Town, Public universities in South Africa, Educational institutions established in 1959, 1959 establishments in South Africa, Association of Commonwealth Universities, University of the Western Cape

Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Cape Peninsula University of Technology, a university in Cape Town, South Africa, is the only university of Technology in the Western Cape province, and is also the largest university in the province, with over 32,000 students.

Located at -33.9322, 18.6403 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.637 miles away.
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Universities in the Western Cape, Public universities in South Africa, Education in Cape Town, Educational institutions established in 2005

Seal Island, South Africa

Seal Island is a small land mass located 5.7 km off the northern beaches of False Bay, near Cape Town, in South Africa. The island is so named because of the great number of Cape Fur Seals that occupy it. It is home to sea birds too and it is likely that non-marine species (in no great number)fly there to breed as well (see external link to the Avian Demographic Unit at the University of Cape Town).

Located at -34.1361, 18.5828 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.648 miles away.
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Uninhabited islands of South Africa, Geography of Cape Town

Philippi Stadium

The Philippi Stadium is located in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and is used for soccer matches. The Phillipi Stadium precinct was developed as a practice venue and fan park for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The cost is estimated at R90 million and will include retail and commercial components. The venue which currently seats 2,000 and includes an athletics and cycle track, will be replaced by the new 10,000 seat football stadium.

Located at -34.0181, 18.5889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.641 miles away.
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Sports venues in Cape Town, Soccer venues in South Africa

Belhar Secondary School

Belhar Secondary School is an Afrikaans/English mixed medium school in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa. As of 2006 it had some 1,274 students http://wcedemis. wcape. gov. za/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIF_ex=INERSCHOOLN&EMIS_NO=0101323500 and was staffed by 35 educators. http://www. khanya. co. za/schools/khanyaschool. php?emisno=0101323500. In 2006 the Western Cape Education Department designated it one of 10 "Arts and Culture focus schools" to be set up over the following three years.

Located at -33.9445, 18.6106 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.637 miles away.
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Schools in Cape Town

Chris Hani Secondary School

Chris Hani Secondary School is an English-medium school located in Khayelitsha, a township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. As of 2006 it had some 1,676 students and was staffed by 52 educators. http://www. khanya. co. za/schools/khanyaschool. php?emisno=0106041332. In 2006 the Western Cape Education Department designated it one of 10 "Arts and Culture focus schools" to be set up over the following three years.

Located at -34.0469, 18.7061 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.646 miles away.
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Schools in Cape Town

Eersterivier Secondary School

Eersteriver Secondary School is an Afrikaans-medium school in Eerste Rivier, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It was established in 1995 and as of 2006 it had some 1,443 students and 43 educators http://www. khanya. co. za/schools/khanyaschool. php?emisno=0107323861. In 2006 the Western Cape Education Department designated it one of 10 "Arts and Culture focus schools" to be set up over the following three years. http://curriculum. wcape. school.

Located at -34.0189, 18.7308 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.645 miles away.
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Schools in Cape Town, Educational institutions established in 1995

Faure level crossing accident

The Faure level crossing accident occurred at approximately 8 a.m. on 13 November 2006 when a Metrorail train collided with a truck that had stalled on an uncontrolled level crossing at Faure near Somerset West, a town outside Cape Town, South Africa. The truck was carrying at least thirty-three workers from a local vineyard and there were nineteen fatalities (eleven men and eight women) and six injured people among the occupants of the vehicle.

Located at -34.0319, 18.7531 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.646 miles away.
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2006 in South Africa, Railway accidents in South Africa, Road accidents in South Africa, Level crossing accidents in South Africa, Railway accidents in 2006, 2006 road accidents, Transport in Cape Town

Baphumelele Children's Home

Baphumelele Children's Home was founded in 2001 as a refuge and place of safety for orphaned and other vulnerable children from the Cape Flats. The home is one of the first in the township of Khayelitsha, one of the largest in South Africa. The founder of Baphumelele, Rosie Mashale, is a trained primary school teacher. She has been selected as a Mama Afrika by Clover. She has also been selected as a finalist in the Cape Times V&A Waterfront Woman of Worth Awards.

Located at -34.0292, 18.6542 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.643 miles away.
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Charities based in South Africa, Cape Town

Hoërskool Bellville

Hoërskool Bellville (Bellville High School) is a high school in Bellville, South Africa. This School won the Singing cup in 2006 when they participated in the MTBS. As well as in 2003, 2004 and in 2008. It is a competition between four Cape Town High Schools namely DF Malan, Tygerberg, Bellville and Stellenbosch. It is made out of athletics as well as a song competition. This event is huge; the kids start practice the moment school starts in January.

Located at -33.8928, 18.6486 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.635 miles away.
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Schools in Cape Town

Norwood, Western Cape

Norwood is a suburb of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Located at -33.9333, 18.5667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.635 miles away.
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Suburbs of Cape Town

Belhar

Belhar is a suburb of the City of Cape Town, South Africa, in the Cape Flats area. It is known for being the place where the Belhar Confession was formulated.

Located at -33.95, 18.6333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.638 miles away.
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Suburbs of Cape Town

Mzoli's

Mzoli's (also known as Mzoli's Palace, Mzoli's Meat, or Mzoli's Butchery) is a butchery in Gugulethu, a township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. Since Mzoli's opened in early 2003, the restaurant has become a popular gathering spot for Cape Town residents and a tourist attraction. Amongst Gugulethu's residents, Mzoli's Place has a reputation for public drunkenness and disrespect for the local community. Mzoli's is named after the founder and owner, Mzoli Ngcawuzele.

Located at -33.9764, 18.5697 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.638 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Cape Town, Butcher shops, Restaurants in South Africa, Visitor attractions in Cape Town, Restaurants established in 2003, 2003 establishments in South Africa

Bellville railway station

Bellville railway station is a railway station in the town of Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa. It is the second-biggest station in the Cape Town Metrorail railway network, after the Cape Town terminus. All trains on Metrorail's Northern Line pass through Bellville, and one branch of the Central Line also terminates there. It is also a stop for Shosholoza Meyl trains that terminate in Cape Town.

Located at -33.9065, 18.6275 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.635 miles away.
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Railway stations in Cape Town, Shosholoza Meyl stations, Metrorail Western Cape stations

Macassar Village Land Occupation

The squatter's movement Abahlali baseMjondolo occupied a piece of vacant state owned land in Macassar Village, near Somerset West outside of Cape Town on 18 May 2009. The occupation was later destroyed by the city's anti-land invasion unit.

Located at -34.0503, 18.7556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.648 miles away.
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Squats, Cape Town, Protests in South Africa, Housing struggles in South Africa

Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre

Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre is a dedicated centre for the study of classical music for school-going pupils. Established in 1986, it is housed in one of the oldest school buildings in the northern suburbs of Cape Town.

Located at -33.9075, 18.5892 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.634 miles away.
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Education in Cape Town, Concert halls in South Africa, Music schools in South Africa

Zeekoevlei

Zeekoevlei is a major freshwater lake on the Cape Flats near Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa. The name means "hippopotamus vlei," with "vlei" being Afrikaans for "lake", and "zeekoe" (i.e. "sea-cow") being an archaic spelling of the Afrikaans for hippopotamus. Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve (established in June 2000) is based on the lake. It is separated by a peninsula from the Rondevlei Nature Reserve and preserves endangered Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetland ecosystems.

Located at -34.0667, 18.5167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.642 miles away.
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Lakes of South Africa, Landforms of the Western Cape, Protected areas of the Western Cape

Eerste River

Eerste River, located in the Western Cape, South Africa, rises on Dwarsberg 60 km east of Cape Town at the head of Jonkershoek. The Eerste River catchment covers the eastern part of the Cape Flats lying to the west of the Hottentots Holland Mountains and south of the Tygerberg where the Kuils River tributary rises east of Kanonkop. The Eerste River is a short river; its length has been given as 40 km.

Located at -34.0833, 18.7667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.650 miles away.
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Rivers of the Western Cape

Blackheath train accident

The Blackheath train accident occurred at 7:03 a.m. on 25 August 2010 when a Metrorail commuter train crashed into a minibus taxi on the Buttskop Road level crossing in Blackheath, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. The minibus was carrying fourteen children to school; nine died on the scene and five were hospitalized. One of the injured children died two days later in the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital.

Located at -33.9702, 18.7059 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.641 miles away.
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Railway accidents in 2010, 2010 road accidents, Level crossing accidents in South Africa, Road accidents in South Africa, 2010 in South Africa, Transport in Cape Town

Murder of Anni Dewani

Anni Dewani (née Hindocha, 12 March 1982 - 13 November 2010) was a Swedish-born ethnic Lohana Hindu woman who, while on her honeymoon in South Africa, was kidnapped and then murdered whilst taking a slum tourism trip through Gugulethu township near Cape Town on 13 November 2010. Taxi driver Zola Robert Tongo later admitted guilt on the charges of murder in a plea bargain, and was sentenced on 7 December 2010, to 18 years in jail.

Located at -33.9783, 18.5739 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.638 miles away.
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1982 births, 2010 deaths, 2010 in England, 2010 in South Africa, Deaths by firearm in South Africa, Murder in 2010, People murdered in South Africa, Swedish murder victims, Swedish people murdered abroad, Deaths by person

Range High School (Cape Town)

Range High School is an Afrikaans medium school in Matroosfontein, Western Cape, South Africa.

Located at -33.9323, 18.5689 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.635 miles away.
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Schools in the Western Cape, Schools in Cape Town

Erica Park

Erica Park, sometimes also referred to as Erica Park Stadium, is a multi-use stadium, situated in the Belhar suburb of Cape Town, at the Western Cape Province in South Africa. Until June 2010, the stadíum was known as the sole home venue of Ikapa Sporting, but since then, the club -for unknown reasons- preferred instead to play their home games in the Wynberg suburb.

Located at -33.9437, 18.6245 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.637 miles away.
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Soccer venues in South Africa, Sports venues in Cape Town

University of the Western Cape Stadium

University of the Western Cape Stadium, commonly abbreviated and referred to as UWC Stadium, and sometimes also referred to as University of the Western Cape Sports Ground, is a multi-use stadium, situated in the Bellville suburb of Cape Town, at the Western Cape Province in South Africa. The exact location, is at the Southeastern corner of University of the Western Cape, only 300m from the Unibell railway station.

Located at -33.935, 18.6341 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.637 miles away.
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Soccer venues in South Africa, Sports venues in Cape Town

Spier Wine Farm

Spier is a wine farm situated in the Stellenbosch region approximately 50 km from Cape Town, South Africa. The farm has enjoyed a long history which dates back to 1692 when the first free burghers trekked from the Cape colony to establish farms in this region. As one of the oldest farms in the region, it has long been noted for its cultural and historical significance particularly of its architecture. The farm buildings bear twenty one Cape Dutch Gables, more than any other farm in the area.

Located at -33.9731, 18.7822 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.644 miles away.
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Wineries of South Africa