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Crossroads

Crossroads is an informal settlement and township area on the Cape Flats in Cape Town. It lies near Nyanga, Philippi, and the N2 highway and is one of the best-known communities formed during the apartheid era housing shortages.

Crossroads

Crossroads is situated on the Cape Flats, southeast of central Cape Town, close to Nyanga, Browns Farm, and Philippi. The settlement developed alongside the N2 highway, one of the main routes connecting Cape Town to the airport and Somerset West. The area is part of the wider Nyanga region and falls within the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.

History of crossroads

This area was first settled in the 1970s. Workers at a farm in the area were told to leave the premises and go and settle at the “Crossroads” They built shanty homes and established a community. By 1977 crossroads was home to 18000 people. Here, people who previously lived in overcrowded hostels in Gugulethu moved to the area and built individual homes, but the government considered the settlement to be temporary. Orders to move and dismantle the shacks were given in 1975. However, these orders were opposed and ignored, and by 1978, the government was compelled to recognise the area, and rudimentary water supplies and refuse removal services were supplied.

The postcode for Crossroads is 7750

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Useful Numbers

Residents and visitors can find important local contact numbers below, including police, medical services, utilities, and community facilities in and around Crossroads

  • Emergency Services

  • Police: Nyanga Police Station-021 380 3304
  • Fire: Gugulethu Fire Station-021 480 770
  • Ambulance:1017

  • Medical

  • Closest hospital;Crossroads 2 Community Health Centre-021 386 1113
  • Pharmacy;Lagunya Pharmacy Gugulethu-021 633 5698

  • Municipal & Utilities

  • Cape Town Municipality;0860 103 089
  • Water:0860 103 089
  • Electricity:0860 103 089

  • Transport & Roads

  • Traffic department: Phillipi-East Traffic Department-021 370 1520

  • Community & Safety

  • SPCA: Cape Of Good Hope 021 700 4140
  • NSRI 087 094 9774

  • Local Contacts and Community Resources in Crossroads

  • Community Centre: 021 444 5358
  • Endlovini Recreation Centre:021 444 5356
  • Multi-purpose centre:021 444 5356
  • Library:021 386 2676
  • Post office;Lansdowne Post Office-021 797 7589

  • Schools in Crossroads

  •  Sigcawu Primary School- 0213872664
  • Sikelela Primary School-021 374 6198
  • KuyaKhanya Primary School-021 386 5559
  • Phandulwazi High School-021 387 6153
  • Mvula Primary School-021 385 3658
  • New Eisleben High School-021 825 5457
  • Vukani Primary School-081 480 0156
  • Mandela Primary School
  • Lehlohonolo pimary school-021 633 1823
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