Northern Suburbs | |
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 View of Bellville from Tygerberg Hill | |
  Northern Suburbs  Northern Suburbs | |
| Coordinates: 33°54′00″S 18°38′00″E / 33.90000°S 18.63333°E | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province | Western Cape |
| Municipality | City of Cape Town |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (SAST) |
The Northern Suburbs is a major urban and rural region located in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is the urban north-eastern part of the Greater Cape Town metropolitan area (Cape Metropole) that is functionally merged with Cape Town.
The northern suburbs of Cape Town are experiencing human trafficking, as of October 2023 they have encountered 74 human trafficking victims, 42 labour trafficking victims, 9 victims of unspecified trafficking activities, 23 sex trafficking victims, and an estimated overall sum of 250 000 victims in South Africa.[1]
- ^ Klerk, Nielen De. "Human trafficking on the rise in northern suburbs of Cape Town". News24. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.