Where Is Eerste River In Cape Town South Africa

What is Eerste River?

Eerste River is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa, and a suburb of the City of Cape Town.

Where Is Eerste River In Cape Town South Africa?

The Eerste River, located in the Western Cape, South Africa, rises on Dwarsberg 60 km east of Cape Town at the head of Jonkershoek Valley. 

How safe is Eerste River Cape Town?

The suburb of Eerste River has been plagued by a string of shootings in recent weeks. In the latest incident, a man was shot dead while six others were wounded in an apparent gang-related attack.

It happened along Forest Drive on Friday.

Is Eerste River a city?

Eerste River (Eersterivier in Afrikaans, meaning “first river”) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa, and a suburb of the City of Cape Town.

It forms part of the Oostenberg subregion of the city situated behind the Stellenbosch/Vlaeberg Hills on the eastern outskirts of the city.

Where is the Eerste River catchment area?

the Cape Flats

The Eerste River catchment covers the eastern part of the Cape Flats lying to the west of the Hottentots Holland Mountains and south of the Tygerberg where the Kuils River tributary rises east of Kanonkop.