Our Plain Our Story

02/05/2025

The Magazine telling the story of Mitchells starts now I need you to contribute, I value your input 081 215 9074

23/10/2024

05/06/2024

Who are the First Families to have moved into the Plain
in Westridge, Woodlands and Standfontein - 1976

05/06/2024

If you Matriculated in 1988
You could be ONE of first Grade One Classes in Mitchells Plain Highlands PS - M/Plain No1

01/04/2024

At the Bayhill final

17/03/2024

Ek wil so grag vir almal
'n Eskom grappie virtel
Maar ek kan nie ek het geen KRAG

16/02/2024

Another son of the Cape Flats, a legend has left us.
My thoughts are with the family of Colin 'Bones' and the thousands upon thousands of friends touched by his amazing voice and that charming ever-pleasant character.
You will be missed but go and join that powerful community of musos in the sky ..... fare well
So it isn't 'Resting in Peace for you, rather have fun with one of the greatest music reunions.
Go Well

26/09/2023

I decided to repost this after the renaming.

The Birth of the Mitchells Plain - Part 1
I will be telling our story but to put everything into perspective I have to go back into the past. So here goes......

It is 1965 and all over the Country, in every City, Town, and even in the small little Dorpies the wheels of forced removals are on high speed. Families are being uprooted from their ancestral homes and many are just dumped into new ‘Locations’ to satisfy the ideals of Separate Development. Under this cloud, the idea of Mitchells Plain is conceived eleven years before the first families move into this place that seemed very, very far away. At that time these were just discussions in City Council meetings as was the idea that was advertised on 6 May 1966. The Town Planning Department of Cape Town advertised its intention to proclaim all the land west of Swartklip Road including what is today Mitchells Plain for White occupation. Nothing became of this, these were just discussions in Council meetings. But the need for additional housing was envisaged by the City Engineer who saw the madness of ‘Forced Removals’.
By 1970 the City of Cape Town had removed thousands of families from their original homes and literally dumped our people in areas like Mannenberg, Hanover Park, and Scottsdean. Most of these areas were created after 1960 and were primarily rental units. At that time the City sat over 30,000 inadequately housed families in Cape Town. I read in a report that the City had to wipe out this backlog and cope with the natural increase of 40,000 houses, it would need to build an average of 7,000 houses per year for the next seven years.
The next episode will be in 2 days.....see you then

25/09/2023

I renamed my Page to bring it more in line with my plans and main purpose.
My main aim and purpose is to change the NARRATIVE of how Mitchell's Plain is perceived. I am tired and at most times angry and also it frustrates me when I hear or read all the negative stories about this place that has been my home for more than 40 years.
I am also sure that you would agree with me that a more 'Positive Plain' would do our area no harm.