Zoo Park

[2] The current park is tastefully landscaped and features a pond, children's playground and open-air theatre.

Café Zoo, which is still in operation, opened in 1916 after the arrival of South African military control.

From 1960 to 1963, the park was reshaped to accommodate the expansion of modern Independence Avenue and Fidel Castro St. (then Kaiser Strasse and Peter Müller Strasse).

In 1967, the park was renamed in honour of Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of Apartheid.

In February 1989, with independence and majority rule just 13 months away, the park was renamed to its current title.