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.
[edit] History
Grassy Park was a coloured township established by the Apartheid regime in the mid to late 1960s. Originally called Koek se bos, or Cook's bush, the apartheid regime cleared tracks of land to build houses and schools for the coloured people that lived in areas that were designated 'white areas' by the regime. All people deemed coloured were removed from areas including Bergvliet, Bishopscourt, Claremont, Constantia, Newlands, Rondebosch, District Six, Salt River, Tokai, Woodstock and Wynberg.
Coordinates: 34°03′S 18°29′E / 34.05°S 18.483°E
