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Macassar Beach, in False Bay, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board

Date
24 Dec 1964
Updated
12 Dec 2019
Macassar Beach

Macassar is a beach in False Bay, east of the Peninsula. The beach is named after Macassar in the former Dutch East Indies, where a nobleman named Sheik Yusuf hailed. He died in the Cape and was buried in the area. On 24 December 1964, the beach was proclaimed a coloured group area by the Group Areas Board. The beach is still a predominantly coloured area and is well known for its coastal dunes. The people of Macassar still largely work in the fishing and boat making industries.

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  1. 01South African History Online Macassar Beach [online] Available at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed on 20 November 2012]
  2. 02SA Venues Western Cape Destinations Macassar, Cape Helderberg [online] Available at: www.sa-venues.com [Accessed on 20 November 2012]  

Last updated · 12 Dec 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2012, December 19). Macassar Beach, in False Bay, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094437

South African History Online (2012) 'Macassar Beach, in False Bay, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board', South African History Online, 19 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094437 (Accessed: 4 August 2026).

South African History Online, Macassar Beach, in False Bay, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094437, (accessed 4 August 2026).

"Macassar Beach, in False Bay, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board." South African History Online, 19 Dec. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094437. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Macassar Beach, in False Bay, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board." South African History Online. December 19, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0094437.

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