Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced plans to mark Langa's 100th anniversary this year.
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced plans to mark Langa’s 100th anniversary this year.
He said that Langa is close to the city centre, airport and key transportation lines and that it has a well-established culinary and hospitality industry. The City is also working on a feasibility study for converting the old single men’s quarters into a multi-purpose area. This is a huge project, with community consultations on the best uses for this land to come.
During his address, Mayor Hill-Lewis reflected on notable Langa citizens who have made significant contributions to politics, music, culture, and sports over the previous century. “One of the potential projects we’d like to introduce during a public participation process is the idea of a new Langa Heroes Memorial along King Langalibalele Road, where the names—and possibly hand prints of those still alive—of Langa heroes can be displayed and added to as a new generation of heroes emerges. Hollywood has its walk of fame. Langa could have its road of heroes.”
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