Tamboerskloof is a neighbourhood and suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It lies on the slopes of Lion's Head and Signal Hill, adjacent to the neighbourhoods of Gardens and Bo-Kaap. Tamboerskloof is one of the contiguous group of neighbourhoods referred to as the City Bowl.
Etymology The name Tamboerskloof is derived from the Dutch and Afrikaans words tamboer (drum) and kloof (valley). When Dutch settlers arrived and set up farms in the 1650s, they established the first of a series of lookout points at the site where Tamboerskloof lies today. From these lookout points, watchmen would beat drums to alert farmers in the area to the approach of a ship. Thanks to this, farmers would know that it was time to make their way to Cape Town harbour with their crops.
Neighbourhood Watch The Tamboerskloof Neighbourhood Watch (TBKWatch) assists the community with volunteer patrols, a radio network, a CCTV network and reporting of service issues such as out of order street lights, traffic lights, potholes, and blocked drains. They work with a community control room (Watchcom), the South African Police Service, City of Cape Town Metro Police, nearby City Improvement Districts, as well as local armed response companies.
Schools Several schools can be found within Tamboerskloof, including: Tamboerskloof Primary School German International School Cape Town"Location of School" (Archive). German International School Cape Town. Retrieved 8 August 2015. Address: "28 Bay View Avenue, Tamboerskloof, 8001, Kapstadt, Südafrika" Directions in German (Archive), Main campus building map (Archive), Main campus direction map (Archive). Jan van Riebeek Primary School Jan van Riebeek High School.
Demographics According to the 2001 Census, the population of Tamboerskloof was 2 921. The following tables show various demographic data about Tamboerskloof from that census.
Gender GenderPopulation%Female 1 375 47.07%Male 1 546 52.93%
Ethnic Group GroupPopulation%Black African 166 5.68%Coloured 168 5.75%Indian/Asian 27 0.92%White 2 559 87.61%
Home Language LanguagePopulation%English 1 914 65.53%Afrikaans 693 23.72%Xhosa 58 1.99%Other African languages 35 1.20%Other languages 221 7.57%
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External links
Tamboerskloof Neighbourhood Watch Cape Town Central Watchcom (community control room) Tamboerskloof Primary School