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| Coordinates:33°58′46″S18°30′24″E / 33.9795°S 18.5068°E /-33.9795; 18.5068 | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| Municipality | City of Cape Town |
| Government | |
| • Councillor | Magedien Davids (Ward 48) (DA) |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.73 km2 (0.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 3,979 |
| • Density | 5,500/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| Racial makeup (2011) | |
| • Black African | 3.5% |
| • Coloured | 58.9% |
| • Indian/Asian | 24.4% |
| • White | 6.1% |
| • Other | 7.1% |
| First languages (2011) | |
| • English | 91.6% |
| • Afrikaans | 6.1% |
| • Other | 2.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
| Postal code (street) | 7770 |
| PO box | 7780 |
| Area code | 021 |
Crawford is a suburb ofCape Town,South Africa, located to the east of the City Centre (CBD) on theCape Flats to the south of the N2 highway. The suburb is surrounded by the suburbs ofLansdowne,Rondebosch East,Athlone,Belthorn Estate,Rylands, andBelgravia. The main roads through the area are (north to south)Jan Smuts Drive (M17) and (east to west) Turf Hall Road (M24) linking to the M5. Thornton Road was for many years the main thoroughfare for this suburb and a hotbed for anti-apartheid activity in 1976 and 1985. Thornton Road is the location of the Trojan Horse Memorial in honour of those killed in 1985. Crawford is served bya railway station of the same name on theCape Flats Line.
Crawford is the home ofCity Park Stadium, home of the historic City and Suburban Rugby Football Union where a number of well-known Cape Flats rugby union teams played, including Universal Rugby Football Club, Progress, Perseverance and others. City Park also hosted the annual City Fair and for some time was the location for the annual Christmas Band competition. Baseball and softball were also played there during the summer months.
More than thirty thousand people attended the funeral of ImamAbdullah Haron in Crawford.[citation needed] He had been arrested by the apartheid security police just after he had led the al-Jaami'a Masjid Milad al-Nabi celebrations on 12 Rabi al-Auwal 1389AH (28 May 1969); and was held under Section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act of 1967 until his death on Saturday, 27 September 1969.
In November 1998Nelson Mandela was a guest speaker at Crawford'sCollege of Cape Town, formerlyHewat Teachers' Training College, a landmark on the apartheid struggle map. He spoke to the residents of Athlone, custodians of the famousKlipfontein Road, that had survived many of the suburb'sapartheid altercations.
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