Ocean View, Cape Town

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 by the apartheid government under the Group Areas Act. It was first called Slangkop and the first resident moved on 1 August 1968. It was named Ocean View, although the government had removed the residents from their previous seaside homes and views. As a result, its history is embedded in apartheid, and there is still much bitter resentment among many people.

Ocean View Slangkop
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Coordinates: 34°9′12″S 18°21′19″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Southern Peninsula
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Kommetjie
Area [1]
• Total	1.75 km2 (0.68 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	13,569
• Density	7,800/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Coloured	91.4%
• Black Africans	6.8%
• Indian/Asian	0.6%
• White	0.3%
• Other	0.9%
First languages (2011) [1]
• Afrikaans	57.2%
• English	39.1%
• Other	3.7%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	4052