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Wallacedene
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Coordinates: 33°51′30″S 18°44′0″E / 33.85833°S 18.73333°E / -33.85833; 18.73333
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Kraaifontein
Area
• Total	0.60 km (0.23 sq mi)
Population
• Total	10,381
• Density	17,000/km (45,000/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	75.4%
• Coloured	22.9%
• Indian/Asian	0.3%
• White	0.0%
• Other	1.4%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	62.9%
• Afrikaans	27.0%
• Sotho	3.6%
• English	2.8%
• Other	3.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7570
PO box	7570

Wallacedene is an informal housing settlement on the eastern outskirts of Kraaifontein, South Africa. The settlement was established during the 1980s when the relaxation of pass laws allowed rural populations to more readily migrate to urban centres. By 2004, Wallacedene had an estimated population of 21,000 people. The housing rights activist Irene Grootboom lived in Wallacedene. Grootboom and other inhabitants won a Constitutional Court ruling in 2000 which stated that they could not be evicted without being offered alternative accommodation.

References

1. ^ "Sub Place Wallacedene". Census 2011.
2. Muzondo, I.F., Barry, M., Dewar, D. & Whittal, J. 2004, 'Land conflicts in informal settlements: Wallacedene in Cape Town, South Africa', paper presented at International Federation of Surveyors Working Week, Athens, 22–27 May. Retrieved on 14 August 2008.
3. Joubert, Pearlie (8 August 2008). "Grootboom dies homeless and penniless". Mail & Guardian. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

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