Zonnebloem

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Zonnebloem

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The suburb hosts the District Six Campus of the [[Cape Peninsula University of Technology]].
The suburb hosts the District Six Campus of the [[Cape Peninsula University of Technology]].


On 17 December 2019, the Arts and Culture minister, [[Nathi Mthethwa]], gazetted the renaming of Zonnebloem to '''District Six''' after the [[District Six Museum]] launched a campaign earlier that year to have the old name brought back and some residents applied to the [[South African Geographical Names Council]] in 2018 for the same.{{Cite web |last=Sidimba |first=Loyiso |date=17 December 2019 |title=Zonnebloem officially reverts to District Six |url=https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/2019-12-17-zonnebloem-officially-reverts-to-district-six/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=IOL |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Back on the map - Mthethwa approves renaming of Zonnebloem back to District Six |url=https://www.news24.com/back-on-the-map-mthethwa-approves-renaming-of-zonnebloem-back-to-district-six-20191217 |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=District Six is here again |url=https://www.dailyvoice.co.za/news/district-six-is-here-again-39472237 |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=www.dailyvoice.co.za |language=en}}
On 17 December 2019, the [[Minister of Arts and Culture]], [[Nathi Mthethwa]], gazetted the renaming of Zonnebloem to '''District Six''' after the [[District Six Museum]] launched a campaign earlier that year to have the old name brought back and some residents applied to the [[South African Geographical Names Council]] in 2018 for the same.{{Cite web |last=Sidimba |first=Loyiso |date=17 December 2019 |title=Zonnebloem officially reverts to District Six |url=https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/2019-12-17-zonnebloem-officially-reverts-to-district-six/ |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=IOL |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Back on the map - Mthethwa approves renaming of Zonnebloem back to District Six |url=https://www.news24.com/back-on-the-map-mthethwa-approves-renaming-of-zonnebloem-back-to-district-six-20191217 |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=District Six is here again |url=https://www.dailyvoice.co.za/news/district-six-is-here-again-39472237 |access-date=2025-06-04 |website=www.dailyvoice.co.za |language=en}}


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