Grassy Park, Cape Town
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Grassy Park is a suburb in the Western Cape
Province of South Africa
, situated on the Cape Flats in the City of Cape Town
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. At that time, the area was rural, under the administration of the Divisional Council of the Cape. By 1920, the estate had 2000 residents. From 1923, it was represented on the Southern Civic Association.
Grassy Park was proclaimed a local area in 1935 - this meant that the residents received municipal services, for which they paid higher rates. It was incorporated into the South Peninsula Municipality in 1996, and into the City of Cape Town in 2000.
The Cape of Good Hope SPCA can also be found in Grassy Park. It is the founding society of the SPCA movement in South Africa and the oldest animal welfare institution in the country.
Western Cape
The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...
Province of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, situated on the Cape Flats in the City of Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
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History
Grassy Park began to develop in the early 1900s on part of the Montagu's Gift estate north of ZeekoevleiZeekoevlei
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" being an archaic spelling of the afrikaans for hippopotamus.Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve is based on...
. At that time, the area was rural, under the administration of the Divisional Council of the Cape. By 1920, the estate had 2000 residents. From 1923, it was represented on the Southern Civic Association.
Grassy Park was proclaimed a local area in 1935 - this meant that the residents received municipal services, for which they paid higher rates. It was incorporated into the South Peninsula Municipality in 1996, and into the City of Cape Town in 2000.
Grassy Park Today
Grassy Park's main area is an intersection called "Busy Corner" on Victoria Road. Here you will find numerous small shops, the Grassy Park Library, a gas station, and a minibus taxi station. Grassy Park High is located two blocks from Busy Corner.Places of Interest
The Rondevlei Nature Reserve is located in Grassy Park, here you can see numerous birds, small mammals, and hippopotamuses.The Cape of Good Hope SPCA can also be found in Grassy Park. It is the founding society of the SPCA movement in South Africa and the oldest animal welfare institution in the country.