Cape Town: Keizersgracht to get its old name back! [update]

update (24 September 2019): Keizersgracht Street in Cape Town's CBD has officially been renamed back to Hanover Street. 

The City of Cape Town has approved the renaming of Keizersgracht in Cape Town's CBD to its old name, Hanover Street. The street was the heart of District Six before the area was demolished and divided up between the suburbs of Walmer Estate, Zonnebloem and Lower Vrede. The name change was requested by the District Six Working Committee, an advocacy group of former residents who are land claimants and are still waiting to be moved back to the area, in June 2019. It is not yet clear when the formal renaming ceremony will be held, but the District Six Working Committee already started planning an event for South Africa's Heritage Day on 24 September 2019.

updates from Cape Town

District Six museum about to increase entrance fee
The worldfamous District Six museum in Cape Town is going to increase the entrance fee from R15 to R20 at the 02 Nov 2009.

The entrance fee for school children and South African pensioners will remain constant at R5; former District 6 residents and other people from areas of forced removals will continue to enter for free.

Greenmarket Square is getting a facelift
Cape Town's Greenmarket Square is turning 300 years old next year and therefore it will undergo a major revamp.

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According to the City of Cape Town among the improvements are a newly constructed market, the installation of additional CCTV cameras and pedestrian lights, paving the sidewalks and the addition of a stage for entertainment.

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