Ocean View, Cape Town

Template:Infobox South African town 2011 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 in 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.

Notable residents

• Peter Clarke – visual artist
• Oscar Petersen – comedian
• Frank Thomas Brown – artist
• Gladys Thomas – Poet
• Abraham Opperman
• Boeta Oppie – Musician
• Joe Sasman – Musician (banjo)
• Herby Levendal – Fisherman
• Charles America – Fisherman
• MR Manuel – tailor
• MR Manuel – Sportsman (rugby)
• Earl Mentoor – Youth Leader/Public Activist/Life Coach
• Christopher Kindo – Dancer
• Warren Conradie – Corporate Trainer
• Natalie Nelson – Restoration Initiator/Missionary
• Emile Baron - International Footballer / Bafana Bafana Goalkeeper
• Franklin Cale - Professional Footballer / Bafana Bafana
• Berrie Williams - Itinerant Gospel Minister