Hanover Park, Cape Town
Hanover Park is a neighborhood of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa
In February 1980 the neighborhood was the starting point of a national prolonged school boycott in protest of apartheid laws and policies. Although Hanover Park is its own neighborhood separate from Philippi to its south it is situated within the Philippi police precinct area.
Hanover Park currently has a very high crime rate.
Notable people
- Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
- Albert Fritz, South African politician
References
- ^ "Sub Place Hanover Park". Census 2011.
- ^ "Nelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989 | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ "Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
- ^ Pinnock, Don (2021-12-02). "GANGLAND: Murders, shootings and stabbings a daily reality in Western Cape's Hanover Park, latest stats show". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
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