a radio and making a master key to the cells. The school has frequently had more students than resources. It has also faced opposition. During the 1970s the community of District Six was moved and the plan was to move the school from its current location. On 11 February 1966, P. W. Botha declared that District Six was to be emptied to make way for white residents under the Group Areas Act and bulldozers moved in. However the school felt strongly about its history and it, like Harold Cressy High School, refused to be moved. By 1982, 60,000 people had been moved out of the area and rehoused in the Cape Flats. This meant that many students had to be transported in to fill the school and no student lives within a kilometre. However the school still achieved high pass rates. In 1984 the authorities planned to close the school to non-white secondary students and they wanted to re-open it as a whites-only infant school. It was admitted that they planned to improve the school before white children would use it. The head at that time led the opposition to these plans. In 1985 the political unrest meant that many students did not receive the education they might expect and for that reason the school decided to get every student to repeat that year so that they would not be overly disadvantaged. More recently the school has had the time to make its own contributions. In 2006 the school became the athletes village when the Homeless World Cup came to Africa, and in 2011 it was host to plans to fix District Six. A new plan to redevelop the land that had been depopulated in District Six was unveiled at the school. The plan attracted attention especially from people who used to live near the school as they were expecting compensation for their forced eviction. School song The school song's chorus refers to the students as Trafalgarians: Notable alumni Zainunnisa Abdurahman "Cissie" Gool – anti-apartheid political leader Ottilie Abrahams (née Schimming) – activist Siraj Desai – judge Vera Gow – opera singer Alex La Guma – writer Hassan Howa - activist for non-segregated sport Abdullah Ibrahim (formerly known as Dollar Brand) – composer Sedick Isaacs – mathematics and physics teacher who spent 13 years on Robben Island Bennie Kies – professor and anti-apartheid activist (teacher at the school) Helen Kies