Portland is a neighborhood in the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is just west of the Mitchells Plain Town Centre. Educational institutions in the area include Portland High School, Mondale High School, Montagu Drive Primary School, Jamaica Way Primary School, Wespoort Primary School, Portland Primary School, and Liesbeeck Primary.
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Mitchells Plain is a large census designated sub-place located within the City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and situated about 28 km from the Cape Town city centre. It is one of South Africa's largest residential areas and contains multiple smaller suburbs. It is located on the Cape Flats on the False Bay coast between Muizenberg and Khayelitsha. Conceived of as a "model suburb" by the apartheid government, it was built during the 1970s to provide housing for Coloured victims of forced removal due to the implementation of the Group Areas Act.
At an estimated population of 290,000–305,000 people, it comprises a number of sub-sections which reflect the diverse class backgrounds of the population. It was once a major stronghold of the United Democratic Front, the broad-based ANC-sponsored anti-apartheid body. It also has one of greater Cape Town's biggest shopping centres, known as the Liberty Promenade.
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Mondale High School is a school in the Western Cape, South Africa. The school was founded in 1982.
The school's name is derived from the names of two roads running adjacent to the school: Montague drive and Merrydale avenue.
Fees are R 2,717 but collection is very poor as it serves a community where there are very high rates of crime and unemployment. Despite this, academic performance is very good with a 100% pass rate in the NSC examinations in 2015 . The school has also won the A-section athletics competition 23 times in the last 25 years. It has produced 13 provincial athletes and soccer players who have played in the Premier League and for the national team. It has also performed well in provincial quiz competitions, winning twice.
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Westridge is a neighbourhood in the western part of the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The Westridge Gardens, which hosts several indigenous Cape Flats fynbos species, is an important large public park in the area, in the north of Westridge.
Educational institutions in Westridge include:
Westridge High School
Beacon School for LSEN
Duneside Primary School
Westville Primary School
Ridgeville Primary School
Mitchell's Plain Primary School
Parkhurst Primary School
Harvester Primary School
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Spine Road High School is a school in Rocklands, Mitchell's Plain, a township in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Eastridge is a neighborhood in the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
False Bay College's Mitchells Plain campus in is also in this neighborhood.