Elsie's River

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Elsie's River
— Suburb —
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Wards
Time zone	SAST (UTC+2)
Postal code

Elsie's River is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.

In 1980 the suburb, at the time restricted to coloured people, became the scene of bloodshed after a demonstration in support of the school boycott became violent. Two 15-year-olds were shot dead by police.^[1]

[edit] References

^ The Cadets from Soweto Time Magazine June 9, 1980

v d e Suburbs of Cape Town

City Bowl	Bo-Kaap De Waterkant Gardens Higgovale Oranjezicht Schotsche Kloof Tamboerskloof University Estate Vredehoek Walmer Estate Woodstock Zonnebloem

Northern Suburbs	Bellville Bothasig Brackenfell Brooklyn Durbanville Edgemead Elsie's River Facreton Goodwood Kensington Kuils River Maitland Monte Vista Panorama Parow Thornton

Atlantic Seaboard	Bantry Bay Camps Bay Clifton Fresnaye Green Point Hout Bay Llandudno Mouille Point Sea Point Three Anchor Bay

Southern Suburbs	Bergvliet Bishopscourt Claremont Constantia Diep River Heathfield Kenilworth Mowbray Newlands Observatory Pinelands Plumstead Retreat Rondebosch Rondebosch East Rosebank Salt River Steenberg Tokai Wynberg

South Peninsula	Capri Village Clovelly Fish Hoek Glencairn Kalk Bay Kommetjie Masiphumelele Muizenberg Noordhoek Ocean View Scarborough Simon's Town St James Sunnydale Sun Valley

Cape Flats	Athlone Belhar Blue Downs Bonteheuwel Crawford Crossroads Delft Elsie's River Epping Grassy Park Gugulethu Khayelitsha Langa Lansdowne Lotus River Manenberg Mfuleni Mitchell's Plain Nyanga Ottery Philippi Wetton

False Bay	Gordon's Bay Somerset West Strand

West Coast	Bloubergstrand Milnerton Parklands Table View Melkbosstrand