Rocklands, Mitchells Plain

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The Rocklands Community Hall in Rocklands, Cape Town. The UDF monument celebrating the formation of the United Democratic Front in the hall is visible in the foreground.
Rocklands, Mitchells Plain
Coordinates: 34°03′50″S18°36′32″E / 34.064°S 18.609°E / -34.064; 18.609
Country South Africa
Province Western Cape
Municipality City of Cape Town
Main Place Mitchells Plain, Cape Town
Area
[1]
  Total3.11 km2 (1.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [1]
  Total29,782
  Density9,600/km2 (25,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
   Black African 2.48%
   Coloured 96.35%
   Indian/Asian 0.52%
   White 0.17%
  Other0.48%
First languages (2011)
[1]
   Afrikaans 50.98%
   English 47.02%
  Sign language0.41%
Time zone UTC+2 (SAST)

Rocklands is a neighborhood located within the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located in the south western most corner of Mitchells Plain and borders the community of Strandfontein to its immediate west.

On 20 August 1983 the United Democratic Front, an important anti-apartheid organisation, was founded at the Rocklands Community Hall. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Rocklands". Census 2011.
  2. Vorster 2015, p. 3.
  3. South African History Online.

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