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Kloof Street Public Library is a public library located in Cape Town, South Africa. The library was opened on 6 February 1956. It is one of the 102 library and information points, in the city.
Street address: Johnston Rd, Belgravia, Cape Town, 7764 (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.centralhockey.co.za/
Muizenberg ( MEW-zən-burg, Dutch for 'mice mountain') is a beachside suburb and former town, situated in the Cape Flats region of Cape Town, South Africa.
Cape Town CBD (sometimes referred to as Cape Town Central City or City Centre) is the central business district of Cape Town, and the economic centre of the city.
Blue Route Mall (often referred to as simply Blue Route) is a shopping mall situated in the predominantly residential neighborhood of Tokai, in the Southern Suburbs region of Cape Town, South Africa.
website: https://blueroutemall.co.za/
Lavender Hill is a suburb on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa, known for its challenging socio-economic conditions and high levels of violence. It's a community with a history marked by apartheid-era forced removals and persistent gang activity. Despite these difficulties, Lavender Hill is also home to initiatives focused on community development, arts and culture, and providing safe spaces for young people. Created in the early 1970s, it was designed as a dumping ground for "coloured" people removed from areas designated as "white" under the Group Areas Act, including District Six. This history of displacement and social challenges continues to shape the community today.
Groot Phesantekraal View is a shopping centre located in the town of Durbanville, in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is part of the Groot Phesantekraal Precinct, a mixed-use development on old farmland in the north of the town.
St. Joseph's Marist College is a independent English medium co-educational Catholic school situated in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It comprises both a kindergarten, primary and secondary school offering education to children and young people from the age of three up until 21.
Kirstenhof is a residential suburb located in the Southern Suburbs region of Cape Town, South Africa.
The Atlantic Seaboard is a group of predominantly affluent, seaside suburbs in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The region, situated along the coast, to the west of Cape Town CBD, is home to a mix of detached homes and apartment buildings. Due to its location and views, it features some of the most desirable property in South Africa.
Wynberg Military Base is an army post in South Africa. It is located in the suburb of Wynberg, Cape Town in the Western Cape Province. Its hosts 2 Military Hospital and the Wynberg Military Base Sports Stadium. The Victorian era Officers Club at the base was declared a national monument in 1968.
Lakeside is a residential suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, located in the city's Southern Suburbs. It is situated about 22 kilometres south of the Cape Town CBD. The suburb is located to the south of Westlake and to the north of Muizenberg. Its name is derived from its close proximity to the Sandvlei wetland, which is a part of the Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve.
Westlake is a residential suburb located in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town. According to the 2011 census, the suburb has a population of 6,452 people with 2,076 households.
Marina da Gama is a residential suburb part of the Greater Muizenberg area which is located in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The suburb was established in 1972 and named after Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama. The suburb is adjacent to the Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve.
The Werdmuller Centre was a mixed-use shopping centre located in Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa. Named after former Old Mutual chairman George Werdmuller, the centre was designed by Cape Town-based architect Roelof Uytenbogaardt in 1969. It began construction in 1970 with completion around 1975.
Kloof Nek Road is a paved passenger vehicle road in Cape Town that runs from Cape Town CBD (the city's economic center) to Camps Bay (a suburb in the Atlantic Seaboard region), between Table Mountain and Lion's Head.
Matroosfontein is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, located near the Cape Town International Airport. It is a predominantly residential area. While originally established for the Coloured community during the apartheid era, Matroosfontein now includes African, Cape Malay, and other ethnic groups. During apartheid, Matroosfontein was part of the government's forced relocation policies, which moved non-white residents from the city center to outlying areas. It is close to Gugulethu.
Street address: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town (from Wikidata)
website: https://botanicalsociety.org.za/
Street address: 1s Floor, Bridge House Boundary Terraces 1 Mariendahl Lane Newlands Western Cape 7700 (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.wwf.org.za/
Vissershok is 'n landelike gebied net noord en noordoos van Table View.
Die Valsbaai-natuurreservaat is sedert 2015 ‘n verklaarde Ramsar-vleiland.
Street address: 124 Rosmead Avenue, Kenilworth 7708 Cape Town, South Africa (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.kemlu.go.id/capetown, https://kemlu.go.id/capetown
Street address: 2 Reddam Ave Westlake 7945 (from Wikidata)
website: https://za.usembassy.gov/cape-town-u-s-consulate/
Street address: Cnr Buitenkant &, 71 Roeland St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001 (from Wikidata)
website: https://booklounge.co.za/
Street address: Roeland Park, 4 Stirling Street, Zonnebloem, Cape Town 7925 (from Wikidata)
website: https://kapstadt.diplo.de/
Van Riebeeckplein (ook Riebeeckplein) lê tussen Buitengracht en Breëstraat in Kaapstad.
Street address: 12 Main Rd, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700 (from Wikidata)
Mensenrechten, bevrijding en verzoening: Nelson Mandela herdenkingssites is de naam waaronder de UNESCO commissie voor het Werelderfgoed een aantal sites in Zuid-Afrika gegroepeerd in 2024 tijdens de 46e sessie erkende als werelderfgoed.
World Heritage Site ID: 1676
Street address: Beach Rd, Muizenberg, Cape Town, 7950, South Africa (from Wikidata)
Das Wijnland Automuseum ist ein Automuseum in Südafrika. Es liegt in Kraaifontein, 35 Kilometer von Kapstadt entfernt unmittelbar an der Autobahn N1 Richtung Paarl.
Die NG gemeente Tafelberg is 'n klein Kaapstadse gemeente van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk se Sinode Wes-en-Suid-Kaapland, wat op 25 Oktober 1944 van die NG gemeente Tamboerskloof (destyds De Nieuwe Kerk) afgestig het. Op 1 November 2009 het die gemeente 144 belydende- en 33 dooplidmate gehad, wat in 2014 toegeneem het tot 174.
website: https://tafelbergkerk.co.za/
Street address: St Marks Rd, District Six, Cape Town, 2001 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 40 Main Rd, Kalk Bay, Cape Town, 7975, South Africa (from Wikidata)
Street address: 9 Church St, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7700 (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.stpaulsrondebosch.co.za/services.htm
website: https://www.stjames.org.za/
Street address: 77 Kildare Rd, Newlands, Cape Town, 7700 (from Wikidata)
website: https://standrewsnewlands.org.za/
website: https://www.stmichael.org.za/
Die Peers-grot is 'n grot naby Vishoek waar 'n kopbeen van 'n prehistoriese mens gevind is en wat moontlik selfs 20 000 jaar oud kan wees.
Die Rhodes' Cottage huisves 'n museum gewy aan die lewe van Cecil John Rhodes. Dit is geleë by Hoofstraat 246 in Muizenberg.
website: https://goethezentrum-capetown.co.za/
website: https://thegalileo.co.za/
Street address: 126 Buitengracht St (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-regency/en-US/cptrc-hyatt-regency-cape-town
Street address: Park Road, Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape, 8000, South Africa (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/cptlopy-canopy-cape-town-longkloof/
website: https://www.chinaschoolsa.com/
Die Laerskool Jan van Riebeeck het op 31 Januarie 1921 in Kaapstad ontstaan en is die oudste asook een van die bekendste Afrikaansmedium laerskole in Suid-Afrika.
website: https://laerskooljanvanriebeeck.co.za/
Street address: 1C Admiralty road, Off admiralty way, Lekki Phase 1, (from Wikidata)
Street address: 3 Woodlands RoadWoodstock, 7925 Cape Town, South Africa (from Wikidata)
website: https://desmondtutuhealthfoundation.org.za/
The M5 is an expressway in the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa. It connects Milnerton on the Western Seaboard in the north to Muizenberg in the south, and crosses both the N1 and the N2. For part of its length, from the N1 interchange to Plumstead, it is a limited-access freeway (motorway). From Mowbray to Muizenberg, it is parallel to the M4 Main Road.
The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) is a para-statal medical research organisation in South Africa. The current president is professor Ntobeko Ntusi. The South African Medical Research Council was established in 1969 to act as an independent statutory body to co-ordinate health and medical research activities throughout South Africa.
website: https://www.samrc.ac.za/
The South African Naval Museum is a maritime museum in Simon's Town, South Africa. It contains collections and artefacts related to the maritime history of South Africa and the South African Navy.
website: http://www.simonstown.com/navalmuseum/index.htm
College of Magic is a nonprofit organization (007-517 NPO/NGO) based in Cape Town, South Africa that teaches magic. The Director, David Gore, has been with the organization since its inception.
website: https://www.collegeofmagic.com/
The Blue Train is a luxury train that travels an approximately 1,600-kilometre (990 mi) journey in South Africa, between Pretoria and Cape Town. It is one of the most luxurious train journeys in the world. It offers butler service, two lounge cars (smoking and non-smoking), an observation car, and carriages with gold-tinted picture windows, in soundproofed, fully carpeted compartments, each with its own en-suite bathroom (many of which are equipped with a full-sized bathtub). The service is promoted as a "magnificent moving five-star hotel" by its operators, who note that kings and presidents have travelled on it.
website: https://www.bluetrain.co.za/
Glen Beach is located north of Camps Bay Beach in Cape Town, South Africa. The two beaches are divided by a rock outcrop that extends from the land to the shore-line. During the summer months, sand deposits tend to build up at the shore-line, widening both Glen and Camps Bay beaches until the two beaches merge—until winter, when the sand deposits are eroded by winter storms. Glen Beach is well known for its beach-break surfing.
Simon's Town (Afrikaans: Simonstad), sometimes spelled Simonstown, is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa and is home to Naval Base Simon's Town, the South African Navy's largest base. It is located on the shores of Simon's Bay in False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula. For more than two centuries, it has been a naval base and harbour (first for the British Royal Navy and now the South African Navy). The town is named after Simon van der Stel, an early governor of the Cape Colony.
website: http://www.simonstown.com/
The Dutch Reformed Church in Rondebosch is a historically important congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the eponymous, southern suburb of Cape Town. The congregation boundaries, after the incorporation of part of Die Vlakte in 1989 and of the whole of Keurboom in December 1990, encompass Rondebosch's only two daughter congregations, the suburbs of Rondebosch, Newlands, Rosebank, Claremont, Mowbray and Rondebosch East – a huge area for a suburban congregation.
The Dutch Reformed Church in Wynberg is the 20th oldest Dutch Reformed Church congregation in the former Cape Province and the third oldest in the Cape Town metropolitan area, after the Groote Kerk (1665) and the Durbanville Dutch Reformed Church congregation (1826). Dr. Abraham van der Merwe, then moderator of the Cape Church, described Wynberg in 1954 on the congregation's 125th anniversary as "the oldest suburban congregation in the Cape Church"; therefore also in the entire Dutch Reformed Church.
Sun Valley is a suburb in Cape Town under the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa. According to the 2001 census, Sun Valley had a population of 2,024.
The 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal, also known as Sandpapergate, was a cricket cheating scandal surrounding the Australian national cricket team. In March 2018, during the third Test match against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town, Cameron Bancroft was caught by television cameras trying to rough up one side of the ball with sandpaper to make it swing in flight. Captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner were found to be involved and both received unprecedented sanctions from Cricket Australia. Although he was found not to have been directly involved, Australia's coach, Darren Lehmann, announced he would step down from his role following the scandal. Smith was replaced by Tim Paine as captain in all formats before Aaron Finch took over from Paine in ODIs and T20Is.
Fish Hoek Library is a public library in the seaside suburb of Fish Hoek in Cape Town, South Africa. It was ranked 5th in the City of Cape Town's top circulating libraries in 2015
Hawthornden House is a double-storeyed house on Herschel Walk in the suburb of Wynberg in Cape Town, South Africa. The house likely dates from 1683, but was substantially rebuilt in the French Victorian style in 1881 by a Capt. John Spence.
The International Federation of Workers' Education Associations (IFWEA) is an international organisation of associations, foundations, non-governmental organisations and trade unions involved in adult education for working people. It is based in Cape Town, South Africa, is an observer at the International Labour Organisation and UNESCO and is a member of SOLIDAR.
website: https://ifwea.org/
The Woutersen Wessels Vault is a historically significant heritage site likely designed by well-known architect Herman Schutte, who designed the Green Point Lighthouse.
Rugby is a residential suburb in the Milnerton area outside Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 4,042 residents with 1,297 households. The suburb is bordered by Ysterplaat, Brooklyn, Tijgerhof and Paarden Eiland. Lagoon Beach lies to the west of Rugby.
Valhalla Park is a residential suburb located on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. According to the 2011 census, the suburb has a population of 15,458 residents with 2,576 households.
Kloof Street is a major road in the suburb of Gardens, in Cape Town, South Africa. At approximately 1.4 kilometers long, it features a single vehicle lane in each direction, as well as sidewalks on each side of the road.
The Tyger Valley Shopping Centre is a shopping mall located in Bellville, Western Cape and owned by development company Pareto. It opened in 1985 and has gone through multiple refurbishments and expansions with the most recent being done in 2012. The mall has a retail area of 90,382m², 243 stores, four floors, and 6,000 parking bays. Its anchors include Pick n Pay, Game, Edgars, Woolworths and Ster-Kinekor cinemas.
Welgemoed is an upmarket residential suburb of Bellville in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is situated approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west of the Bellville CBD and 22 kilometres (13.7 mi) north-east of Cape Town.
Summer Greens is a neighbourhood in Cape Town. According to the 2011 census, Summer Greens has population of 6,275. Illegal buildings and crime are major challenges in the area.
The University of Cape Town Women's Football Club, also known as UCT Ladies F.C., is the football club representing the University of Cape Town based in Cape Town, Western Cape. The team competes in the Sasol Women's League, the second tier women's football league in South Africa.
Constantia Emporium is an upmarket shopping center located along Ladies Mile Road in Constantia, Cape Town, South Africa.
The Commercial Union Building is a historic building located in Cape Town, South Africa.
website: https://clarkesbooks.co.za
website: https://dschoolafrika.org/
Street address: 29 Boshof Ave, Newlands, Cape Town, 7700 (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.oneandonlyresorts.com/cape-town
website: https://salesianyouth.org/
Street address: 127 Main Road, Sea Point, Cape Town 8005 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 150a Loop Street, Cape Town 8000 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 142-144 Caledon Street, Cape Town 7925 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Sir Lowry Road, Cape Town 8001 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 3 St. George's Mall Street, Cape Town 8000 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Hout Street & St Georges Mall Street, Cape Town 8001 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 88 Beach Road, Muizenberg, Cape Town 7945 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Exchange Place, Cape Town 8001 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 14-16 Long Street, Cape Town 8000 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 28 Regent Road, Sea Point, Cape Town (from Wikidata)
Street address: 10 St Georges Mall Street, Cape Town 8001 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 68 Main Road, Diep River, Cape Town 7800 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Waterkant Street, Cape Town 2000 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Main Road & Bowwood Road, Claremont, Cape Town 7708 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 3rd Avenue, Cape Town 7780 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Main Road and Riverstone Road, Wynberg, Cape Town 7708 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Old Strandfontein Road & New Ottery Road, Ottery, Cape Town 7808 (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.y2k-online.co.za/
Street address: Lansdowne, Cape Town 7779 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Church Street and Maynard Road, Wynberg, Cape Town 7800 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Main Road, Rosebank, Cape Town 7700 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 234-238 Main Road, Wynberg, Cape Town 7800 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 445 Albert Road, Salt River, Cape Town 7925 (from Wikidata)
Street address: York Road & Sidmouth Road, Muizenberg, Cape Town 7945 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Heerengracht Street & Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town 8001 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 3 Malta Road, Salt River, Cape Town 7925 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 144 Main Road, Wynberg, Cape Town 7800 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 82 Longmarket Street, Cape Town 8001 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Voortrekker Road and De la Rey Street, Parow, Cape Town (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.sterkinekor.com/site.php
Street address: Naruna Crescent, Southfield, Cape Town 7800 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Main Street, Paarl 7646 (from Wikidata)
The N1 is a national route in South Africa that runs from Cape Town through Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and Polokwane to Beit Bridge on the border with Zimbabwe. It forms the first section of the famed Cape to Cairo Road.
Fynbos (; Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈfəinbɔs], lit. 'fine bush') is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. The area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean climate.
The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) is the biggest union in the South African clothing, textile, footwear and leather industry, with more than 100 000 members. It negotiates wages for the vast majority of workers in these industries in South Africa, with the collective bargaining agreements covering over 150 000 workers.
Street address: 350 Victoria Rd, Salt River, Cape Town, 7925 (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.sactwu.org.za/
Groot Constantia is the oldest wine estate in South Africa and provincial heritage site in the suburb of Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa.
website: http://www.grootconstantia.co.za
Table Mountain (Khoekhoe: Huriǂoaxa, lit. 'sea-emerging'; Afrikaans: Tafelberg) is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa.
website: http://www.sanparks.org/parks/table_mountain
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is a pan-African network of postgraduate schools teaching mathematical sciences. Established in 2003 in Cape Town, South Africa, AIMS offers postgraduate training, research, and public engagement programs aimed at building scientific capacity across Africa. The institute was founded by physicist Neil Turok to educate African students in STEM fields to support the continent's development.
Street address: AIMS Rwanda Centre,Sector Remera,KN 3 Kigali,Rwanda (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.aims.ac.za/
The Battle of Blaauwberg (also known as the Battle of Cape Town) was a successful British amphibious operation during the War of the Third Coalition which lasted from 8–18 January 1806 and resulted in the capture of the Dutch Cape Colony. After defeating their Batavian opponents, the British signed a treaty under the Treaty Tree in Woodstock, Cape Town which established Britain's control over the Cape Colony. The colony later became a permanent part of the British Empire following the Congress of Vienna that marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1814. Due to establishing permanent British rule over the Cape Colony, the battle would have many ramifications for southern Africa during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A bi-centennial commemoration of the battle was held in January 2006.
Mzoli's was a butchery in Gugulethu, a township on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa. Since Mzoli's opened in early 2003, the restaurant had become a popular gathering spot for Cape Town residents and a tourist attraction. It was praised by international visitors including restaurateur Jamie Oliver. Mzoli's was criticized by local residents and the media for its lack of safety, due to the prevalence of gangs. The restaurant closed indefinitely in May 2021 due to several factors.
Noordhoek is a seaside town in the Western Cape, South Africa, located below Chapman's Peak on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula and is approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the south of Cape Town. The name "Noordhoek" was taken from Dutch and literally means "north corner". It was given this name in 1743 as being the northern corner of the Slangkop farm. The first permanent resident of European origin is Jaco Malan who built his house there. In 1857, the region was divided into six plots, most of which were bought by a single family, that of the de Villiers. Noordhoek has seen substantial development over the past decades, from a small farming community in to a well established suburb. It is best known for its shoreline and its long, wide, sandy beach, which stretches south to the neighbouring village of Kommetjie, which both offer highly held Surfing locations. Near the southern end of this beach is the wreck of the steamship "Kakapo", which ran aground in 1900, when the captain mistook Chapman's Peak for the Cape of Good Hope and put the helm over to port.
Adderley Street is a street in the central business district (CBD) of Cape Town, South Africa. It is considered the main street of the area.
Eerste River (Eersterivier in Afrikaans, meaning "first river") is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa and a suburb of the City of Cape Town. It forms part of the Eastern Suburbs zone of the city situated behind the Stellenbosch/Vlaeberg Hills on the eastern outskirts of the metropolitan area.
Capri Village is a small suburb forming part of the greater area of Noordhoek on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, situated between Kommetjie, De Oude Weg, Fish Hoek and Noordhoek.
Elsie's River (Elsiesrivier in Afrikaans) is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated in the city's Cape Flats region.
The Dutch Cape Colony (Dutch: Nederlandse Kaapkolonie), officially known as the Cape of Good Hope Waystation (Dutch: Tussenstation Kaap de Goede Hoop), was a colony of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and Batavian Republic in Southern Africa. Centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name, it was founded in 1652 by a VOC expedition under Jan van Riebeeck to serve as a re-supply and layover port for VOC vessels trading with Asia. The Cape was under VOC rule from 1652 to 1795 and Batavian rule from 1803 to 1806. Much to the dismay of the VOC's shareholders, who focused primarily on making profits from the Asian trade, the Cape Colony rapidly expanded into a settler colony in the years after its founding.
Baphumelele Children's Home was founded in 2001 as a refuge and place of safety for orphaned and other vulnerable children from the Cape Flats. The home is one of the first in the township of Khayelitsha, one of the largest in South Africa.
The City Bowl is a part of Cape Town in South Africa. It is a natural amphitheatre-shaped area bordered by Table Bay and defined by the mountains of Signal Hill, Lion's Head, Table Mountain and Devil's Peak.
Helderberg refers to a planning district of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality, the mountain after which it is named, a wine-producing area in the Western Cape province of South Africa, or a small census area in Somerset West.
Hospital Bend is a major freeway junction, located to the east of the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa. It is the junction between the N2 national route and the M3 metropolitan expressway. Its unusual design led to notoriety as a traffic bottleneck and a frequent accident location; between March 2008 and early 2010 it underwent major roadworks to address these issues. It takes its name from it curving around the grounds of Groote Schuur Hospital.
Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre is a dedicated centre for the study of classical music for school-going pupils. Established in 1986, it is housed in one of the oldest school buildings in the northern suburbs of Cape Town.
website: http://www.hugolambrechts.co.za
Imizamo Yethu (Xhosa, meaning "Our Efforts" and commonly known as Mandela Park or IY) is an informal settlement in the greater Hout Bay Valley area. The 18 hectare settlement houses approximately 33 600 people..
Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area is a 52-hectare (130-acre) nature reserve, situated in the centre of Kenilworth Racecourse, in Cape Town, South Africa. Due to its location, it has been left undisturbed for more than 100 years, making it now the best preserved patch of “Cape Flats Sand Fynbos” in the world.
Kogelberg Nature Reserve is a nature reserve of 3,000 ha (7,400 acres) comprising the Kogelberg Mountain Range, to the east of Cape Town, South Africa.
The Huguenot Memorial Building, located at 48 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town, is a provincial heritage site in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Street address: 48 Queen Victoria Street (from Wikidata)
The Institute for Futures Research (IFR), established in 1974, is a research institution of the University of Stellenbosch specialising in futurology, primarily as a support service for knowledge and strategic management. The IFR's research focus is on the following fields of specialisation:
website: http://www.ifr.sun.ac.za
'International Peace University South Africa', now known as the International Peace College South Africa (IPSA) was established when the Islamic College of Southern Africa (ICOSA) and Darul Arqam Islamic Institute (DAII) merged in 2005. It became the first registered higher tertiary institution offering a Higher Certificate and Bachelor of Arts degree in Islamic Studies when the college was accredited by the Council on Higher Education and registered with the Department of Higher Education and Training, and listed on the South African Qualifications Authority registry.
The Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee (IPACC) was founded in 1997. It is one of the main trans-national network organizations recognised as a representative of African indigenous peoples in dialogues with governments and bodies such as the UN. As of 2008, IPACC was composed of 150 member organisations in 21 African countries.
website: https://www.ipacc.org.za/
The Saint James Church massacre was a massacre perpetrated on St James Church of England in South Africa in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa, on 25 July 1993 by four members of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA). Eleven members of the congregation were killed and 58 wounded. In 1998 the attackers were granted amnesty for their acts by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
SAS Assegaai, formerly known as SAS Johanna van der Merwe, was a Daphné-class submarine of the South African Navy. Decommissioned in 2003, SAS Assegaai is the only one of the former three Daphné-class submarines to have been retained for preservation as a museum boat, the other two have been cut up and sold for scrap. The Daphné-class submarines have since been replaced by the Type 209, or Heroine-class submarines.
Robinvale Sport Field is a small stadium in the Robinvale district of Atlantis, a town located 40 km north of Cape Town in South Africa. In 2011 it became the new home venue of Jomo Powers F.C., playing in the Western Cape province of Vodacom League.
SAS Somerset, originally named HMS Barcross, was a Bar-class boom defence vessel of the South African Navy. It operated in Saldanha Bay, was transferred to South Africa Naval Forces during World War II, and was purchased by South Africa in 1947. From 1986 it was preserved as a museum ship in Cape Town, before being scrapped in April 2024.
Kalk Bay (Afrikaans: Kalkbaai) is a fishing village and suburb of Cape Town. It lies on the west coast of False Bay. Much of the town is built on the slopes of mountains bordering the sea. These mountains, which have peaks of Table Mountain Sandstone, form several valleys. The railway from Cape Town to Simon's Town passes through Kalk Bay, which has one station near the harbour.
The Cape Peninsula (Afrikaans: Kaapse Skiereiland) of South Africa is a generally mountainous peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. On the northern end is Table Mountain, overlooking Table Bay and the City Bowl of Cape Town, South Africa. The peninsula is 52 km long from Mouille point in the north to Cape Point in the south. The Peninsula has been an island on and off for the past 5 million years, as sea levels fell and rose with the ice age and interglacial global warming cycles of, particularly, the Pleistocene. The last time that the Peninsula was an island was about 1.5 million years ago. Soon afterwards it was joined to the mainland by the emergence from the sea of the sandy area now known as the Cape Flats. The towns and villages of the Cape Peninsula and Cape Flats, and the undeveloped land of the rest of the peninsula now form part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality. The Cape Peninsula is bounded to the north by Table Bay, to the west by the open Atlantic Ocean, and to the east by False Bay in the south and the Cape Flats in the north.
Bellville Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Bellville, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Vasco Da Gama.
Bracken Nature Reserve is a 36-hectare (89-acre) piece of protected land in Brackenfell in the Western Cape, South Africa.
The Cape Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology, often abbreviated to "Cape Academy" or "CAMST", is a co-educational public boarding school, situated in the Constantia Valley of Cape Town, South Africa. The Cape Academy was founded in 2004 by the Western Cape Education Department to offer quality instruction in the sciences to students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds, as part of the government's strategy to fill the skills gap present in South Africa.
website: http://www.capeacademy.co.za/
The Blackheath train accident occurred at 7:03 a.m. on 25 August 2010 when a Metrorail commuter train crashed into a minibus taxi on the Buttskop Road level crossing in Blackheath, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. The minibus was carrying fourteen children to school; nine died on the scene and five were hospitalised. One of the injured children died two days later in the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. The minibus driver was also hospitalised; there were no injuries aboard the train.
Symphony Way Temporary Relocation Area in Delft, Cape Town, better known by its nickname Blikkiesdorp, is a relocation camp in South Africa made up of corrugated iron shacks. Blikkiesdorp, which is Afrikaans for "Tin Can Village", was given its name by residents because of the row-upon-row of tin-like, one-room structures throughout the settlement.
CapeTalk is a commercial AM radio station based in Cape Town, South Africa, broadcasting on AM/MW 567 to Cape Town. The station is also webcast via its website. It claims to be Cape Town's number one news and talk station, offering news, sport, business and actuality programming, with a high proportion of its airtime filled with phone-in debates. It was established in 1997. The station is owned by Primedia.
website: http://www.capetalk.co.za/
Cecilia is a section of the Table Mountain National Park on the lower eastern slopes of Table Mountain in Cape Town, located just to the south of Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. It was previously used for commercial logging and known as Cecilia Forest or Cecilia Plantation, but has now been given protected status and integrated into the National Park.
The Cape Town Civic Centre is a building in the Foreshore area of Cape Town, South Africa that serves as the headquarters of the City of Cape Town - the Metro Municipality that governs the city. It houses civil servants, as well as the Office of the Mayor of Cape Town.
Glencairn Wetland is a small 20-hectare (49-acre) reserve on the Cape Peninsula, in the southern areas of Greater Cape Town, South Africa.
The Fish Hoek Valley is situated in the Cape Peninsula, eighteen miles south of Cape Town, South Africa. It takes its name from the town of Fish Hoek on the False Bay coast.
Gallery Mau Mau (1996–1998) was a short-lived counter-culture "art space" situated in Cape Town, South Africa. The experimental space provided low-cost access to the arts for artists of all races, broke boundaries and defined the period in which a visual arts culture saw enormous growth in the city. It was run by cultural activist David Robert Lewis, multimedia artist Adam Lieber, musician and disk jockey Nick Birkby and fine artist Chris Slack.
The Redoubt Duijnhoop was a square demi-bastioned clay and timber Redoubt built fort constructed at the mouth of the Salt River, leading into Table Bay, South Africa in January–February 1654. It formed part of the defences of the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie 'VOC' replenishment station, which had been established under Jan van Riebeeck in 1652. The purpose of the station was to supply ships travelling between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies.
Fisantekraal is a township in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of Durbanville and about 40 kilometres (20 mi) northeast of Cape Town. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 12,369 people.
The Purple Rain Protest, Purple Rain Revolt or Purple Rain Riot was an anti-apartheid protest held in Cape Town on 2 September 1989, four days before South Africa's racially segregated parliament held its elections. A police water cannon with purple dye was turned on thousands of Mass Democratic Movement supporters who poured into the city in an attempt to march on South Africa's Parliament. White office blocks adjacent to Greenmarket Square were sprayed purple four stories high as a protester leapt onto the roof of the water cannon vehicle, seized the nozzle and attempted to turn the jet away from the crowds.
Mountain View Academy (Africa) is a South African private school situated in Cape Town's northern suburb, Plattekloof Glen. Established in 2006, it features a primary school (Grade1 to 7).
website: http://www.mountainviewacademy.co.za
The squatter's movement Abahlali baseMjondolo occupied a piece of vacant state owned land in Macassar Village, near Somerset West outside of Cape Town on 18 May 2009. The occupation was later destroyed by the city's anti-land invasion unit.
Joe Slovo is an informal settlement in Langa, Cape Town. Like many other informal settlements, it was named after former housing minister and anti-Apartheid activist, Joe Slovo. With over 20,000 residents, Joe Slovo is one of the largest informal settlements in South Africa.
Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum - is 40 kilometres (30 miles) outside the city of Cape Town, just off the N2, in the region known as the Helderberg Basin. Lwandle (the Xhosa word for ‘sea’) was once inhabited by hunter-gatherer groups who secured their food from the nearby seashore. During the colonial era, after many battles, the area became a cattle post and was subdivided into farms in the early eighteenth century. It is the first township-based museum and has garnered two awards in the last twelve years.
website: http://www.lwandlemuseum.com
Artillery Memorial, Cape Town was erected in memory of the gunners who fought for South Africa during World War I. The memorial, which forms part of the Delville Wood Memorial, is located in the Company's Garden, Cape Town, and was strategically established to commemorate South Africa's artillery soldiers who fell in battle. Of those who volunteered to fight during the war, 5800 were white South African, amongst whom 15% were Dutch and 85% English. An estimated 2536 of these men were killed in the Deville Wood battle in Europe. The Artillery Memorial, an authentic cannon facing east towards the National Gallery, proudly honors South Africa's heavy artillerymen. Inscribed on it are the names of the officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the South African artillery who fell in the Great War (1914–1918).
The Consulate General of France in Cape Town is a consular representation of the French Republic in South Africa. The consular district includes the three Cape provinces, Prince Edward Islands and the British territory of Saint Helena (Saint Helena Island, Tristan Da Cunha Archipelago, Ascension Island).
Three honorary Consuls, in Port Elizabeth, East London and Saint Helena depend on the Consulate of Cape Town. People living in Lesotho or in one in the six other South African provinces depend on the French Consulate General of Johannesburg.
The Consulate General is currently located on 78 Queen Victoria Street.
website: http://www.consulfrance-lecap.org
Milnerton Racecourse is located in Milnerton, Western Cape, South Africa and is owned and managed by Gold Circle. Though the racecourse is not used for races anymore, it is still used for the training and stabling of racing horses. Much of Gold Circle's land around the race track was sold for the development of the Royal Ascot residential precinct. The land inside the race tracks was retained by the City of Cape Town for nature conservation purposes. This conservation land was formerly called the Royal Ascot Conservation Area, but is now called the Milnerton Racecourse Nature Reserve.
The Selborne Graving Dock is a dry dock in Simon's Town, South Africa. It is situated within the Naval Base Simon's Town. It is named for William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne, the High Commissioner for Southern Africa at the time of construction.
The Houses of Parliament in Cape Town serve as the seat of South Africa's national legislature. As the country's legislative capital, Cape Town hosts this historically significant complex consisting of three main sections: the original 1884 building housing the National Council of Provinces (originally the Senate), the 1920s extension containing committee rooms and offices, and the 1980s expansion accommodating the National Assembly.
Strandfontein is a seaside resort 8 km east of Muizenberg and just west of Michells Plain, on the northern shore of False Bay in the City of Cape Town municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
The Japanese Lantern Monument is a symbol of political relations between the Japanese government and South Africa. This monument is currently located at the Company's Garden in Cape Town. A stone lantern is portable light device used as a source of light or touch like mechanism to illuminate an area of darkness. In traditional Japanese society, lanterns have been very significant in both culture and religion. In 1933, the Japanese government offered to construct a lantern monument in the Company's Garden which was handed to the Government of South Africa as a symbol of appreciation for their benevolence towards Japanese immigrants during World War I.
Damelin Correspondence College is a South African private correspondence college, owned by private tertiary education institution holding company Educor. It was founded in 1955 by Johann Brumer, a teacher who started his career at Damelin and started developing long distance study materials.
website: https://www.dcc.edu.za
The South African Women's Open is a golf tournament. It was first played in 1988, is sanctioned by the Women's PGA of South Africa and is played as part of the Sunshine Ladies Tour. The tournament has been co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour 2012–2014 and from 2018 onwards.
website: http://www.sawomensopen.co.za/
Klein Constantia is a wine estate in the suburb of Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa.
website: https://www.kleinconstantia.com/
The Western Cape Provincial Parliament (WCPP) is the legislature of the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located at 7 Wale Street in Cape Town.
website: http://www.wcpp.gov.za/
The Milkwood City Project also known as Milkwood is a proposed development project which is situated in the north-west region of the City of Cape Town, in South Africa. Previously known as Wescape, this project is proposed to span 3,100 hectares (31 square kilometres). This project is going to be development by an urban company, ComminiTgrow is expected to feature around 200,000 houses, 400 educational institutions—including schools, crèches, and colleges, and also 370 public service facilities like libraries and clinics, and 15 sports complexes once completed.
The Dutch Reformed Church in Durbanville is a church building of the Dutch Reformed Church in Durbanville, South Africa, built in 1825 in the Cape Dutch style. The village was then still called Pompoenkraal. A separate bell tower has been built near the church with a bell visible from the outside. The church was enlarged in 1891. The building was restored and rededicated in 1957. The community of Durbanville has grown rapidly, especially in the 20th century.
Manenberg Secondary School is a school in Manenberg, Cape Town, Western Cape. The school maintains steady enrollment despite its neighborhood being known for gang violence.
website: http://www.manenberghigh.co.za/
Theatre on the Bay is a theatre in Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa. Pieter Toerien converted the building into a theatre in the 1980s. It opened in December 1988 with a production of Dan Goggin's Nunsense.
website: http://www.theatreonthebay.co.za/
Ou Kaapse Weg (Afrikaans for Old Cape Way), numbered as route M64, is a mountain pass in the Cape Peninsula that connects the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town with the Fish Hoek Valley. It traverses the Steenberg mountains and passes through the Silvermine Nature Reserve.
Ellerslie Girls' High School was a girls' public high school at 355 Main Road, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa. The school was established in 1898. In 1989 the school merged with Sea Point High School, formerly Sea Point Boys' High School, which had become co-educational.
A statue of Sir George Grey stands in Company's Garden, in Cape Town, South Africa, in front of the local campus of the National Library of South Africa. The inscription on it reads "Sir George Grey K.C.B. Governor 1854–1861." Grey left his own personal library, the Grey Collection, to this library. William Calder Marshall from London completed the sculpture in 1863.
Coornhoop (also Koornhoop, Corenhoop, Coorenhoop) is a historic 17th century farmhouse. It is located at 2 Dixton Road in Observatory, Cape Town. Currently, it houses the Centre for Conflict Resolution.
The Tana Baru Cemetery is a Muslim cemetery where some of the earliest and respected Muslim settlers of South Africa were buried. The cemetery is located in Bo-kaap, Cape Town.
The 2000 Table Mountain fire was a number of large veld fires that burned in and around the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa from 16 January to 20 January 2000. Over 120 fires were reported to have started around the Cape metropolitan area and spread rapidly due to dry and windy conditions on 16 January 2000.
The Montebello Design Centre is a non-profit art and craft space established in 1993 and located in Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. The centre hosts over twenty craft workshops, shops, restaurants, and artist studios.
The Peter Clarke Art Centre, formerly known as the Frank Joubert Art Centre, is a co-educational government art school in Cape Town, South Africa. The school specilises in teaching the visual arts and design within the Western Cape Education Department's curriculum. It has the capacity to offer these courses to 200 grade 10 to 12 students from 50 different schools in the surrounding area. It also offers classes for adult learners.
The Planet Hollywood bombing was an Islamic terrorist bomb attack that took place at the Planet Hollywood restaurant at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa. On the night of 25 August 1998 a bomb detonated beneath the footrest of the bar at the restaurant. One victim died in the blast whilst a second victim died later in hospital. A number of victims lost limbs in the blast and were permanently maimed including a 12-year-old British tourist. The United States government sent FBI agents to assist in the investigation of the blast.
Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT) is a South African sex workers' rights organization. It is the first such organization to be established in Southern Africa, and is renowned as the most prominent sex worker movement on the continent, according to scholars.
website: http://www.sweat.org.za/
Cape Town Film Studios is a film and television studio in Cape Town, South Africa. It opened in May 2010.
website: https://www.capetownfilmstudios.co.za/
The Khayelitsha tavern shooting was a mass shooting which occurred on the morning of 8 March 2020, killing seven people and injuring a further seven people.
Eastridge is a neighborhood in the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Die koning Edward VII-standbeeld staan op die Parade in Kaapstad regoor die Stadsaal. Hierdie effens groter as lewensgroot beeld is gemaak deur sir W. Goscombe John van Londen en is op 12 April 1905 onthul.
La Statue de Jan Christian Smuts située dans le centre de la ville du Cap, Cap-Occidental en Afrique du Sud, rend hommage à Jan Smuts, avocat, militaire, philosophe et homme d'État d’Afrique du Sud.
La statue de Cecil Rhodes, située durant 81 ans à l'université du Cap en Afrique du Sud, rend hommage à l'homme d'affaires Cecil Rhodes, magnat des mines, fondateur de la société diamantaire De Beers, de l'État de Rhodésie, de la bourse Rhodes, et premier ministre de la colonie du Cap. Réalisée par Marion Walgate (1862-1937), cette statue fut érigée en 1934 sur le campus de l'Université du Cap en remerciement du legs foncier qu'il a laissé pour construire l’université.
In die Heerengracht in Kaapstad is 'n klein monumentjie ter ere van kapt. Robert Scott wat saam met vier kamerade in Maart 1912 omgekom het op hul reis terug van Antarktika. Die oorspronklike gedenkteken is ontwerp deur Joseph Solomon en op 15 Mei 1916 onthul. Omdat dié gedenkteken in 1948 gevandaliseer is, is dit met 'n replika in brons vervang.
Street address: 36 Buitenkant St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8000 (from Wikidata)
website: https://za.truth.coffee/
Street address: 108 Shortmarket St (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.africacafe.co.za/
Street address: 2 Riebeek Straat Foreshore - Cape Town 8001 (from Wikidata)
website: https://southafrica.diplomatie.belgium.be/nl/ambassade-en-consulaten/consulaat-generaal-kaapstad, https://southafrica.diplomatie.belgium.be/fr/ambassade-et-consulats/consulat-general-au-cap, https://southafrica.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/embassy-and-consulates/consulate-general-cape-town
Die Burgerwaghuis aan die Groentemarkplein in Kaapstad dateer uit die middel van die 18de eeu. Sedert 1913 huisves dit die Michaelis-versameling. Omdat die gebou 'n goeie verteenwoordiger van die 18de eeuse boustyl aan die Kaap is, en vir boonop meer as 100 jaar die administratiewe sentrum van Kaapstad was en dus 'n simbool van die ontwikkeling van plaaslike bestuur in Suid-Afrika is, is dit in 1939 tot nasionale gedenkwaardigheid verklaar.
Street address: Greenmarket Square (from Wikidata)
Street address: Plein Street / Darling Street, Cape Town (from Wikidata)
Die Keysersrivier is ‘n stroom in die Constantiavallei in die Kaapse Skiereiland van Suid-Afrika.
Die Klaasjagersrivier is ‘n stroom in die berge suid van Simonstad.
Street address: 3 Milner Road,Rondebosch,Cape Town (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.museumofchildhood.org.za/
Street address: Swartklip Road, Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town 7785 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Vangard Drive, Epping, Cape Town 7475 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Pollsmoor Road, Kirstenhof, Cape Town 7945 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Noordhoek Main Road, Noordhoek, Cape Town 7979 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Van Riebeeck Road, Kuils River, Cape Town (from Wikidata)
Street address: Sir Lowry's Pass Road, Gordon's Bay 7140 (from Wikidata)
La statue équestre de Louis Botha est un monument situé au centre de la ville du Cap en Afrique du Sud. Il rend hommage au général Louis Botha (1862-1919), un militaire et homme politique boer qui a joué un rôle majeur dans la seconde guerre des Boers et dans la fondation de l'union d'Afrique du Sud. Premier chef de gouvernement d'Afrique du Sud de 1910 à 1919, Louis Botha fut aussi l'un des signataires du traité de Versailles.
Street address: 107 Main Road, Green Point, Cape Town, 8005 (from Wikidata)
website: https://neverathomeworld.com/green-point/
Street address: 37A Somerset Rd, Green Point, Cape Town, 8051 (from Wikidata)
website: http://goodman-gallery.com/
Street address: Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town, 8000 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Helliger Ln, Schotsche Kloof, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa (from Wikidata)
Kogelbaai (soms Koeëlbaai genoem) is 'n natuurlike baai geleë tussen Gordonsbaai en Rooiels aan die ooskus van Valsbaai.
website: https://www.johnbauerart.com/
website: https://tch-trust.org.za/
Die Breekwater-vuurtoring by die Kaapstadse Hawe is 'n 10 meter (33 voet) hoë vierkantige tralietoring met 'n fokale vlak van 13 meter (43 voet). Die toring was eers groen met 'n wit lanterndak, maar nou is die hele toring groen geverf. Die toring is geleë aan die punt van die breekwater, teen die noordwestekant van die hawe, en verskaf 'n groen flits elke 10 sekondes.
Simonstad-skeepswerfvuurtoring is 'n vuurtoring op die elmboog van die breekwater wat die Simonstad-skeepswerf omsluit aan Valsbaai in die Kaapse Skiereiland.
website: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/dept/education/facilities/788/23205
Street address: Zone 15, No 15, Langa, Cape Town, 7455 (from Wikidata)
Cape Town Opera (CTO) is a professional opera company in Cape Town, South Africa. CTO was founded in 1999 by the management and staff of the former South Africa Arts Council Opera and the Cape Performing Arts Board (CAPAB), itself a successor to the Cape Province Performing Arts Council and the previous Opera School at the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town, which had been founded in the early 1920s under the Italian tenor Giuseppe Paganelli.
website: http://www.capetown.opera.co.za/
The Mutual Building (Afrikaans: Mutual Gebou), in Cape Town, South Africa, was built as the headquarters of the South African Mutual Life Assurance Society, now the "Old Mutual" insurance and financial services company. It was opened in 1940, but before the end of the 1950s—less than 20 years later—business operations were already moving to another new office at Mutual Park in Pinelands (north east of the city centre); since then Old Mutual has become an international business and their present head office is in Johannesburg.
website: https://www.mutualheights.info/
Masiphumelele is a township on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, situated between Kommetjie, Capri Village and Noordhoek.
Fish Hoek (Afrikaans: Vishoek, meaning either Fish Corner or Fish Glen) is a coastal suburb of Cape Town at the eastern end of the Fish Hoek Valley on the False Bay side of the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape, South Africa. Previously a separate municipality, Fish Hoek is now part of the City of Cape Town.
Bellville is a large town in the Western Cape, South Africa, and is part of the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town. Having formerly been an independent city, it was later incorporated into the City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality.
Koopmans-de Wet House (locally KOORP-munz də VET) is a former residence and current museum in Strand Street, Cape Town, South Africa. The house became part of the South African Museum in 1913 and was opened to the public on 10 March 1914. It was declared a National Monument under National Monuments Council legislation on 1 November 1940. It is the oldest house museum in South Africa.
Street address: 35 Strand Street, Cape Town (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.iziko.org.za/static/page/history-of-koopmans-de-wet-house
Mariner's Wharf is a prominent landmark and attraction in Hout Bay, South Africa. Situated between the beach and harbour entrance, it was built in 1979 by Stanley Dorman, its Managing Director, for his fishing operations. Following a serious decline in the fishing industry during the 1980s he decided to repurpose the building, converting it into Africa’s first harbourfront emporium. Initially comprising a fresh fish market, take-away bistro, sea-shanty restaurant and small shop specialising in seashells and souvenirs.
Street address: Mariner's Wharf Harbourfront Emporium, Harbour Rd, Hout Bay Harbour, Cape Town, 7806 (from Wikidata)
Masiphumelele High School is a publicly owned secondary school (grades 8–12) in Masiphumelele in the Western Cape region of South Africa. As of 2005 it had some 942 students. The school has piped indoor water.
Miller's Point is a headland and stretch of protected coastline in South Africa. It is located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Simon's Town on the road to Cape Point.
The Little Hearts Festival, was a three-day music festival held in Cape Town, South Africa, held 5–7 December 2008 in aid of three children's charities: Cotland’s Baby Sanctuary, CHOC, and Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. The festival featured the performances of twenty-four artists at the V&A Waterfront Amphitheatre.
website: http://www.littleheartsfestival.co.za
Long Street is a major street located in the City Bowl section of Cape Town, South Africa. It is famous as a bohemian hang out and the street is lined with many book stores, various ethnic restaurants and bars. Restaurants include African restaurants such as Zula, and Indian restaurants such as Masala Dosa. Long Street exhibits a diversified culture and attracts tourists from all over the world. It also has a number of youth hostels which provide accommodation to an international roster of guests. Several theatres which showed anti-apartheid plays were located on the street during the 1970s and 1980s, although most have now closed and been replaced by restaurants or stores.
Macassar Dunes Conservation Area is a 1,116-hectare (2,760-acre) coastal nature reserve in Macassar, within the City of Cape Town, South Africa.
Meadowridge Common is an 8-hectare (20-acre) reserve in the Meadowridge suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, which preserves a fragment of critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos vegetation.
The Metlife Centre is a 28-floor, 120 meter skyscraper in Cape Town, South Africa. Construction work on the skyscraper was completed in 1993. The building will be converted into a residential complex which will be named The Sky Hotel 3. Work to renovate the building began at the beginning of 2020.
UCT Radio is a campus radio station operated by students of the University of Cape Town (UCT) in Cape Town, South Africa. UCT Radio broadcasts on the online at radio.uct.ac.za. The station broadcasts from the main Upper Campus in the Southern Suburbs.
The Africa Centre, based in Cape Town, South Africa, is structured as a not-for-profit organisation whose purpose is to provide a platform for Pan-African arts and cultural practice to function as a catalyst for social change. All the projects it conducts, facilitates or supports have some social intention. These projects are supported by a variety of Pan-African artists.
Street address: Long Street, Cape Town (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.africacentre.net/
St James is a seaside village on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, situated on the False Bay coast between Muizenberg and Kalk Bay. The village is situated between the rocky shore and a steep mountain, and measures about 200m by 2 km. Its name derives from the early St James Catholic Church, built circa 1880. Most of the suburb was built between 1910 and 1950, after the railway line was built connecting Cape Town to False Bay.
Constantia Nek is a low pass over the Table Mountain range in Cape Town, South Africa, linking Constantia to Hout Bay in the west. It is one of three passes connecting Hout Bay to the rest of the city, and, with Ou Kaapse Weg is one of the two passes over the mountain range between the city centre and the Fish Hoek valley.
The Faure level crossing accident was a truck-train collision near Cape Town, South Africa that caused 19 deaths. It occurred at approximately 8 a.m. on 13 November 2006 when a Metrorail train collided with a truck that had stalled on an uncontrolled level crossing at Faure near Somerset West. The truck was carrying at least 33 workers from a local vineyard and there were 19 fatalities (11 men and eight women) and six other injured people among the occupants of the vehicle. Original estimates had the death toll as high as 27, but this soon fell to 19. No passengers on board the train were injured but Metrorail reported that several suffered psychological shock. Witnesses reported seeing smoke but no fire.
Epping is an industrial area of Cape Town that is situated to the south of Thornton, east of Pinelands and north of Langa.
Fine Music Radio is a radio station that is based within the Artscape Theatre Centre in Cape Town, South Africa. Founded in 1995, Fine Music Radio focuses mainly on classical music and jazz, and broadcasts on frequencies 101.3 in the greater Cape Town area - 107.9 in Noordhoek and Fish Hoek - 94.7 in Hout Bay and Llandudno - 97.1 on the Atlantic seaboard. The station also live streams its programming.
website: http://www.fmr.co.za/
Disa Park is a series of towers in the Vredehoek area of Cape Town, South Africa. The towers were built in response to a "white housing crisis" in the city and completed in 1969. The buildings were designed by architectural firm Bergamasco, Duncan & James, which also designed most of the contemporary Catholic churches in Cape Town.
Erica Park, sometimes also referred to as Erica Park Stadium, is a multi-use stadium, situated in the Belhar suburb of Cape Town, at the Western Cape Province in South Africa. Until June 2010, the stadíum was known as the sole home venue of Ikapa Sporting, but since then, the club -for unknown reasons- preferred instead to play their home games in the Wynberg suburb.
The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) is a postgraduate medical association that acts as the custodian of the quality of medical care in the country. It comprises 29 constituent Colleges, which represent all the disciplines of medicine and dentistry. The sole path to medical specialisation in South Africa is through a fellowship conferred by the college.
website: http://www.collegemedsa.ac.za/
The Diep River Fynbos Corridor is a nature reserve located in the Blaauwberg region of Cape Town, South Africa. It forms part of the larger Table Bay Nature Reserve, which was established in June 2012.
De Hel Nature Area is a 21.3-hectare (53-acre) nature reserve protecting a river valley and indigenous forest on the lower eastern slopes of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa.
Die Oog Conservation Area is a tiny 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) nature reserve within the city of Cape Town, South Africa.
The St. James Church is a Roman Catholic parish and church, located in St James, Cape Town, South Africa. The large church building was built in c. 1900.
website: http://saintjames.co.za/
Edith Stephens Wetland Park is a nature reserve for wetlands and fynbos, located in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.
False Bay College is in Cape Town, South Africa.
False Bay High School is a private school in the Strand of the Western Cape province of South Africa, founded by Herman and Lisa Janse van Rensburg in January 1999. It was originally established in Somerset West, and later moved to its current location in the Strand.
The Southern Suburbs are a group of predominantly affluent, Anglophone suburbs in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The region is home to mainly detached homes, and features tree-lined streets and numerous public parks.
Tot Nut van het Algemeen (trans. 'For the good of all'), commonly known as Tot Nut, was a Dutch-medium school in Cape Town from 1804 to 1870.
Cape Town, South Africa, has had two tramway networks forming part of its public transport arrangements. Both networks are now long closed.
Symphony Way Informal Settlement was a small community of pavement dwellers (shack dwellers who live on the pavement) that lived on Symphony Way, a main road in Delft, South Africa, from February 2008 until late 2009. They were a group of families that were evicted in February 2008 from the N2 Gateway Houses.
The UCT Mathematics Competition is an annual mathematics competition for schools in the Western Cape province of South Africa, held at the University of Cape Town.
Strand Street is a major road in Cape Town CBD, the economic centre of Cape Town, South Africa. It crosses the CBD north to south, just behind the Foreshore area, running from the southern part of Green Point, to the start of the northeastern part of District Six.
HMS Sceptre was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 June 1781 at Rotherhithe. She served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars before being wrecked in a gale in Table Bay, South Africa, in 1799. The ship was wrecked in a hurricane on 5 November 1799 in Table Bay near the Cape of Good Hope.
Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno 3 is the 14th season of the MTV reality game show, The Challenge (at the time known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge).
website: https://mtv.com/shows/rwrr_challenge-inferno3/series.jhtml, http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/rwrr_challenge-inferno3/series.jhtml
The 2009 Table Mountain fire was a large fire in and around the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa. It broke out at approximately 20:30 on 17 March 2009 in the vicinity of Rhodes Memorial and initial fears were that the fire would spread to UCT's Upper Campus. The Table Mountain National Park quickly deployed firefighting personnel on the mountain, but the fire spread due to the strong winds. At around 23:20 on Tuesday evening, the fire started moving up Devil's Peak and by 00:00 was at the tip and making its way around the mountain to the suburbs of Tamboerskloof, Oranjezicht, Vredehoek and Gardens on the north side. The flames were engulfing the mountain and the huge amounts of smoke made it hard for rescue and fire-fighting helicopters making their way to the fire. By 00:30, people from the aforementioned areas were told to evacuate due to the strong winds pushing the fire around the mountain. By this time, Fire & Rescue Services had deployed 29 fire engines and 90 firefighters who were assisted by 45 firefighters from the South African National Parks and volunteers of Disaster Management
The 2006 Table Mountain fire was a large fire in and around the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa. It broke out at approximately 4 p.m. on 26 January 2006 above Tafelberg Road, and spread quickly due to dry conditions and strong winds of up to 60 knots (110 km/h; 69 mph). It threatened to spread into the densely populated suburbs of Tamboerskloof, Oranjezicht, Vredehoek and Gardens on the north side, as well as Camps Bay and Bantry Bay on the south side.
Kuils River (Afrikaans: Kuilsrivier) is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa, 25 km (15 miles) east of Cape Town and 20 km (12 miles) west of Stellenbosch at the gateway of the Cape Winelands. It is also the name of the main tributary of the Eerste River, and forms part of the Eastern Suburbs zone of the City of Cape Town.
The Robben Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Robben Island in Table Bay near Cape Town.
Admiralty number: D5870
Hout Bay (Afrikaans: Houtbaai, meaning "Wood Bay") is a seaside and harbour town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in a valley of the Cape Peninsula, and is part of the City of Cape Town metro area. The name "Hout Bay" can refer to the town, the bay on which it is situated, or the entire valley.
The Media24 Centre is a 26-storey, 93-metre (305 ft) skyscraper located at 40 Heerengracht Street in the Foreshore area of Cape Town, South Africa. As of 2026, it is the 14th-tallest building in Cape Town, and forms a prominent part of the Cape Town CBD skyline.
Anni Ninna Dewani (née Hindocha; 12 March 1982 – 13 November 2010) was a Swedish woman of Indian origin who was murdered while on her honeymoon in South Africa after the taxi in which she and her husband Shrien Dewani were traveling was hijacked.
Oakhurst Primary School is situated in Oakhurst Avenue, Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. In 2006 the school celebrated its 100th anniversary.
website: http://www.oakhurst.wcape.school.za/
The N2 Gateway Housing Pilot Project is a large housebuilding project under construction in Cape Town, South Africa. It has been labelled by the national government's former Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu as "the biggest housing project ever undertaken by any Government." Even though it is a joint endeavour by the National Department of Housing, the provincial government of the Western Cape and the City of Cape Town, a private company, Thubelisha, has been outsourced to find contractors, manage, and implement the entire project. Thubelisha estimates that some 25,000 units will be constructed, about 70% of which will be allocated to shack-dwellers, and 30% to backyard dwellers on the municipal housing waiting lists. Delft, 40 km outside of Cape Town, is the main site of the Project.
NNK Rugby Stadium is a multi-use stadium, situated in the Parow suburb of Cape Town, at the Western Cape Province in South Africa. Previously it was mostly used for rugby matches. In September 2010 the stadium became the new home venue for the then National First Division club FC Cape Town and was mainly used to host football matches. Players Pub at the southern end of the field is notorious for great vibes and killer steaks.
The National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) is a voluntary non-profit organisation in South Africa tasked with saving lives through drowning prevention. It operates over 50 bases (as of May 2025) comprising coastal stations, inland stations on dams, auxiliary stations and lifeguard units. The organisation maintains crews on standby around the clock, with more than 1,500 volunteers supported by an operations department at its head office in Cape Town. These volunteers are equipped with sponsored rescue craft, rescue vehicles, quad bikes, and tractors. In addition, paid lifeguards are deployed on selected beaches across the country.
website: https://www.nsri.org.za
The Cape Flats (Afrikaans: Die Kaapse Vlakte) is an expansive, low-lying, flat area situated to the southeast of the central business district of Cape Town. The Cape Flats is also the name of an administrative region of the City of Cape Town, which lies within the larger geographical area.
Wingfield Aerodrome was first the Cape Town Municipal Aerodrome, then Air Force Station Wingfield under the SAAF, before being used as a Fleet Air Arm base by the Royal Navy. After World War II, the aerodrome reverted to being the municipal airport for a while. The history of Wingfield is synonymous with the history of flight in South Africa, including pioneering attempts at commercial aviation.
The Port of Cape Town is a seaport situated next to the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa. The port, which lies within Table Bay, is managed by the Transnet National Ports Authority, a subsidiary of state-owned enterprise Transnet. It is one of 8 ports in South Africa, and among its busiest, facilitating tourist and container ships. The port is also the largest in the Western Cape province.
website: http://www.transnetnationalportsauthority.net/NPA_ports_cape_town_overview.html
Zoarvlei Wetlands is a wetland reserve of about 140 ha (350 acres) in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It forms part of the larger Table Bay Nature Reserve proclaimed in June 2012.
The Yeshiva of Cape Town is a kollel and yeshiva established in 1994. Its full title is "The Rabbi Cyril and Ann Harris Yeshiva of Cape Town", named for the late Chief Rabbi. It is based in the Green and Sea Point Hebrew Congregation, in the suburb of Sea Point, Cape Town.
The Alhambra Bioscope, also known as the Alhambra Theatre, was a theatre that opened on Riebeek Street, Cape Town, South Africa in 1929.
Street address: Riebeeck Street, Cape Town 8000 (from Wikidata)
The Western Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa (previously named the Cape Provincial Division and the Western Cape High Court, and commonly known as the Cape High Court) is a superior court of law with general jurisdiction over the Western Cape province of South Africa (except for the Murraysburg district which falls within the jurisdiction of the Eastern Cape Division). The division, which sits at Cape Town, consists of 30 judges led by Judge President NP Mabindla-Boqwana.
Wynberg Military Base Stadium is a floodlit football stadium, situated in Wynberg suburb of Cape Town, at the Western Cape Province in South Africa. It is basically a part of the Wynberg Military Base, or to be more exact, a part of the Wynberg Military Base Sports Facilities. Besides the main football stadium, these facilities include 2 other floodlit football pitches, floodlit tennis courts, a swimming pool, a large sports hall with changing rooms, a fitness suite, canteen, offices and a large meeting room.
Silvermine Nature Reserve forms part of the Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa. It covers the section of the Cape Peninsula mountain range from the Kalk Bay mountains through to Constantiaberg. The area is a significant conservation area for the indigenous fynbos vegetation, which is of the montane cone-bush type at this location.
A statue of Maria van Riebeeck (née de la Que(i)llerie) stands alongside that of her husband, Jan van Riebeeck, in a roundabout on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town, South Africa.
Tygerberg is a district in the northern suburbs of Cape Town in South Africa. It is also the name of the range of hills in the area. The main Tygerberg farms were Pampoenkraal (became Durbanville), Stellenburgh (became part of Bellville), Evertsdal (became part of Bellville), De Grendel (today Parow), Lebenstijn (part of Bellville), Blommensteijn (incorporated into Bellville), Door de Kraal (incorporated into Bellville), Vissershok (which has no more farming as it became a quarry with mining activities) and Clara Anna Fontein. It also contains the Tygerberg Nature Reserve.
The Cape Floral Region is a floristic region located near the southern tip of South Africa. It is the only floristic region of the Cape Floristic Kingdom, and includes only one floristic province, known as the Cape Floristic Province.
World Heritage Site ID: 1007, 1007bis
The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is South Africa's legislature. It is located in Cape Town; the country's legislative capital.
website: https://www.parliament.gov.za/
website: http://www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/
Nobel Square is a public square in the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront neighborhood of Cape Town, South Africa. It opened in December 2005 and includes sculptures of the country's four Nobel Peace Prize winners, Albert Lutuli, Desmond Tutu, F. W. de Klerk, and Nelson Mandela. The square was the brainchild of Ebrahim Rasool, Premier of Western Cape from 2004 to 2008, and his predecessor Marthinus van Schalkwyk. Supported by the government of the Western Cape, the project was launched after consultations with Lutuli's family and the still-living Prize winners, who attended the unveiling with Lutuli's daughter and the Norwegian Ambassador to South Africa. The statues, slightly taller than the four people depicted, are arranged in a semicircle with their backs to Table Mountain. Quotes of each figure are inscribed on the ground in front of them. A fifth sculpture, entitled "Peace and Democracy," represents the role of women and children in the anti-apartheid movement. All four sculptures are bronze and stand on a 386-m2 granite surface. A competition invited ten artists from around South Africa to submit proposals, with Claudette Schreuders's entry inspiring the four sculptures of Nobel winners and Noria Mabasa's idea selected for "Peace and Democracy."
Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary is a 10-hectare (25-acre) protected area in Cape Town, located on the Liesbeek river near the suburb of Observatory.
Kfm 94.5 is a hot adult contemporary radio station based in Cape Town, South Africa
website: http://www.kfm.co.za
The Fort of Good Hope (Dutch: Ford de Goede Hoop) was the first military building to be erected in what is now Cape Town. It was built in 1652, and was in use until 1674 when it was superseded by the Castle of Good Hope.
The District Six Homecoming Center, formerly the Fugard Theatre, is a small theatre in Cape Town, South Africa. It was opened in the District Six suburb in February 2010. The theatre closed in March 2021 and was handed over to the District Six Museum by its founder Eric Abraham. The theatre reopened in 2022 as the District Six Homecoming Centre, and the Fugard's archive moved online.
website: http://www.thefugard.com/
George Whitefield College (abbrev GWC) is a Christian theological college in Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa.
website: http://www.gwc.ac.za
Steenberg Estate is the site of the oldest farm in Cape Town, located in the suburb of Constantia. Steenberg is translates as “Mountain of Stone” and is named for the nearby mountain range. The manor house and other buildings on the farm have been declared a national monument. The estate has been redeveloped as a hotel, vineyard and golf course.
The Battle of Salt River was a small military engagement between the crew of a Portuguese fleet led by Francisco de Almeida and the indigenous ǃUriǁʼaekua ("Goringhaiqua" in Dutch approximate spelling), notable for being the first military encounter between Europeans and indigenous people in what would later become South Africa. The battle resulted in a massacre of Portuguese forces and a victory for the ǃUriǁʼaekua.
College of Cape Town (CCT), is a public TVET College located in Cape Town, South Africa, in the province of Western Cape, and it mainly serves students from the Southern Suburbs, Northern Suburbs region, along with Klipfontein District. The college is one of the oldest TVET institutions in Cape Town. CCT was founded in 1900 making it the oldest TVET college in South Africa.
website: http://www.cct.edu.za/index.php/en
The Gugulethu massacre was a mass shooting which occurred on the afternoon of 2 November 2020. It took place in a house in NY78, Gugulethu, Cape Town, South Africa and resulted in the death of eight people between the ages of 30 and 50 years old. One additional victim was injured in the shooting. Seven of the nine victims died on scene (3 women and 4 men) whilst an eighth victim died later in hospital.
The 2021 Table Mountain fire (also known as the Rhodes Memorial fire or Cape Town fire) was a major fire that started on 18 April 2021 in and around Table Mountain National Park and the neighbourhoods of Newlands, Rosebank, Mowbray and Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. The damage to sites in the Table Mountain area included the Rhodes Memorial, where a restaurant burned down; the upper campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT), where the Special Collections library was gutted; and Mostert's Mill, a historic windmill that burned down. In addition, five firefighters were hospitalised.
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.
University of Cape Town Libraries (UCT Libraries) is the library system of the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa.
website: http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/
The Right2Know Campaign is a South African non-profit advocacy organisation established in 2010 to reduce state secrecy in the drafting of laws, increase access to information, and protect freedom of expression especially on the internet. As part of this, the campaign monitors and challenges potential legislation that it believes would infringe on personal liberties and transparent government. It is the first such organisation of its kind in post-Apartheid South Africa.
website: https://www.r2k.org.za/
Devil's Peak Estate is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa in the area known as the City Bowl. It is sandwiched between Vredehoek and Zonnebloem on the slopes of Devil's Peak. According to the 2011 census it has a population of 1,859 residents in an area of 0.46 square kilometres (0.18 sq mi).
Tygerberg Zoo was a 24-hectare (59-acre) zoo near Stellenbosch, South Africa, which was the only zoo in the Western Cape province and the closest to Cape Town. Established in 1979, it was privately run, operated for 33 years, and closed in 2012. It was "once a major tourist attraction and a hot spot for school educational outings" according to Cape Times coverage of its closure. Featured animals included chimpanzees and tigers, lions, and cheetahs. The zoo had 160 bird species and 63 reptile species, and "specialised in breeding rare and endangered animals."
The St. Mary's Cathedral more formally known as the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flight into Egypt, is the cathedral and mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town, located in the City Bowl of Cape Town, South Africa. in South Africa. It lies in Stalpein directly opposite the Houses of Parliament.
Street address: 16 Bouquet Street (corner Hope Street) (from Wikidata)
Duynefontein is an area in Cape Town, near the coast, just south-east of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station.
Spes Bona High School is a school in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. It has no more than 200 students as of 2019.
The Queen Victoria Mosque, also called the Jamia Mosque, is a mosque, situated at the corner of Chiappini and Castle street, in Cape Town, South Africa. Completed in the 1850s, it is considered to be the first and oldest mosque in Cape Town, and the largest in the Bo-Kaap area of Cape Town. The mosque is a National heritage site.
South African National Library and Information Consortium (SANLiC) is a non-profit consortium of member institutions aimed at negotiating the procurement of, and securing access to information resources on behalf of its members.
website: https://sanlic.org.za
The C. H. Pearne Building is a commercial building situated in Cape Town, South Africa.
The Steenbras Power Station, also Steenbras Hydro Pump Station, is a 180 MW pumped-storage hydroelectric power station commissioned in 1979 in South Africa. The power station sits between the Steenbras Upper Dam and a small lower reservoir on the mountainside below. It acts as an energy storage system, by storing water in the upper reservoir during off-peak hours and releasing that water to generate electricity during peak hours. The City of Cape Town uses the power station for load balancing and to mitigate against loadshedding caused by the South African energy crisis. This power station is reported to be the first pumped-storage hydroelectric power station to be built on the African continent.
Red and Yellow Creative School of Business (R&Y) is a business school in Cape Town, South Africa. Founded in 1994, it offers training in management, marketing and design.
De Oude Weg is a small residential area of Cape Town on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, situated between Kommetjie, Fish Hoek and Capri Village. It is in the suburb of Sunnydale and is situated midway between Kommetjie and Fish Hoek. Translated from Dutch, "de oude weg" means "the old road" which refers to the old dirt wagon track which, in bye gone days, passed through there.
Wetton is a small suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, with a surface size of only 0,74 km2. It is situated on the edge of the Southern Suburbs alongside the suburb of Lansdowne and Kenwyn.
Goodwood Centre of Excellence or Goodwood Correctional Centre is a medium security prison in Edgemead, Cape Town and run by the South African Department of Correctional Services. Despite its location in Edgemead the prison is named after the nearby neighbourhood of Goodwood.
Ysterplaat is a northern suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, around 10 km west-northwest of City Hall. It borders Paarden Eiland to the southwest, Brooklyn and Rugby to the west, Kensington to the south, and Century City to the northeast.
Darul Islam Islamic High School is a semi-private school based in Greenhaven, Athlone, Cape Town. The school was established in 1995, by the current Muslim Judicial Council president Sheikh Irafaan Abrahams.
The 1996 World Cup of Golf took place 21–24 November at the Erinvale Golf Club in Somerset West, Cape Town, South Africa. It was the 42nd World Cup. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event (32 teams) with each team consisting of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. Individuals also competed for the International Trophy. The prize money totaled $1,500,000 with $400,000 going to the winning pair and $100,000 to the top individual. The South African team of Ernie Els and Wayne Westner won by 18 strokes over the United States team of Steve Jones and Tom Lehman. Els took the International Trophy by three strokes over Westner. It was only the fourth time in the history of the World Cup, two players from the same squad finished first and second individually.
The Alexandra Hospital is a specialist mental health care hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. It provides care for complex mental health issues and intellectual disability.
website: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/facility/alexandra-hospital
The Jacob Gitlin Library in Cape Town, South Africa is an archive of information on Judaism, Jewish culture and history, and the nation of Israel. It was founded under the auspices of the South African Zionist Federation in 1959.
website: http://www.gitlinlibrary.co.za
The South African International Exhibition was a world's fair held in Cape Town, Cape Colony in 1877. It was officially opened on 15 February of that year by Henry Bartle Frere.
The Sizzlers massacre took place in Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa, on 20 January 2003. Nine people were murdered and one person was severely injured in a hate crime against the queer community.
The statue of Jan van Riebeeck stands alongside the statue of Maria van Riebeeck on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town, South Africa. Both statues stand with their backs to the sea looking south to Table Mountain.
The Lutheran Church in Strand Street in Cape Town is one of the oldest church buildings in South Africa, dating back to 1792. It was declared a National Monument in 1949.
Parow Park is a sports venue in Cape Town, South Africa.
Maclear's Beacon is a triangulation station used in Maclear's arc measurement for Earth's circumference determination.
The Graaff Electric Lighting Works power station is a decommissioned Hydro-electric and steam power plant located in Cape Town, South Africa at the site of the Molteno Dam.
Durbanville College was an institution for higher education and registered under South African law. It was situated in Durbanville, South Africa and affiliated with the University of South Africa. It was a private institution. The college closed down in January 2022.
Abbotts Colleges is part of the ADvTECH Group of private schools. Catering for students from Grade 8 – 12, Abbotts College High School guarantees academic success and excellence in a non-traditional but structured environment where individuality is valued.
website: https://www.abbotts.co.za
Café Caprice is a beach bar and restaurant located on Camps Bay Beach in Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The café is noted for its cocktails and for the celebrities that frequent it. South African rugby player and restaurateur, James Small, was an owner and founder of the club.
website: http://cafecaprice.co.za
In 1930 the owners of the land (the company “Brick and Clay") started mining activities on a 260 hectare piece of land situated in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa. In 1936 a Jail was built next to the Quarry. Today very little of the Quarry and Jail is left and it was replaced with modern city infrastructure.
The Marais Road Shul, formally the Green & Sea Point Hebrew Congregation (G&SPHC), is a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Sea Point, a seaside suburb of Cape Town. The congregation was first established in 1926, and the synagogue was completed in 1934. It had initially intended to become a branch of the Gardens Shul in the City Bowl, but opted for independence, and became the larger of the two. It is the largest Jewish congregation in South Africa, and by 1994, it had become the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The Sephardi Hebrew Congregation, established in 1960, also operates a shul from the G&SPHC's Weizmann Hall on Regent Road in Sea Point.
The Vredehoek Shul, formally the Cape Town Hebrew Congregation, was a Modern Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Vredehoek in Cape Town, South Africa. The synagogue was completed in 1939 and closed in 1993. The Art Deco-style building is a protected South African Heritage Resources Agency site and currently operates as Private Collection, an antique furniture showroom.
The Beit Midrash Morasha is a Modern Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Arthur's Road, in Sea Point, a seaside suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. The congregation was first established in 1897 in District Six, before relocating to Vredehoek in 1945. It moved to its present location in Sea Point in 1954.
Tokai Park, previously known as "Tokai Forest", is a small wing, about 600 ha, of the greater Table Mountain National Park in Cape Town, South Africa. Tokai Park is made up of two sections: upper and lower Tokai Park. Lower Tokai Park is flat, and characterized by the threatened Cape Flats Sand Fynbos. Upper Tokai Park is on the slopes of Constantiaberg Mountain, and consists of conservation area as well as the Tokai Arboretum. Upper Tokai Park is characterized by Peninsula Granite Fynbos, Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos and Afromontane Forest and noted for its diversity.
The Brown's Farm area is a neighborhood located within the Philippi area of the Cape Flats region of the City of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The urban area is densely populated and contains many informal homes.
The Tokai Arboretum was the first large-scale silviculture experimental station in Cape Town, South Africa. The area of the main Arboretum, at Tokai Park, is 14 ha. Several adjacent compartments extend the area to 26 ha. The Arboretum was declared a National Monument in 1985, on its 100th anniversary. It contains stands of Eucalyptus and other trees from the original silviculture experiments in South Africa. In the 1990s a Gondwana Garden was created to display the plants typical of the Cape 100 million years ago.
Stalplein lies at the point where Plein, Roeland, and St. John's Streets meet in Cape Town, South Africa. Plein and Parliament Streets run southwest to Stalplein. The greater part of the square is no longer publicly accessible, since it is now confined within the grounds of the Houses of Parliament.
Westgate is a neighbourhood in the central western part of the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Westgate Mall is immediately north of the neighbourhood, on the other side of Morgenster Road.
Bio2Watt Malmesbury Thermal Power Station is a 4.8 MW (6,400 hp) biogas-fired thermal power plant under development in South Africa. Bio2Watt, a South African company, entirely owned by Black women, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply 4.8 megawatts of electricity to South African Breweries (SAB) for use in their brewery near Cape Town. As raw material, the power station is designed to start with animal manure and urine, produced by 7,000 head of cattle at Morester's Vyvlei Dairy Farm. These will be supplemented by other organic waste, collected from farms and businesses in the nearby town of Malmesbury. The raw material will be digested anaerobically to produce industrial-grade biogas. The biogas will then be ignited to produce heat. That heat will be used to turn electric generators and produce electricity.
Tafelsig is a neighbourhood in the south eastern corner of the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Mandela Park is a neighborhood in the Khayelitsha urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It was established in 1986 under the apartheid era government of P.W. Botha as a residential area for black South Africans moving to Cape Town from the Eastern Cape province. It was one of the few areas in South Africa in the 1980s where black South Africans could purchase homes with bank loans. Many of the streets in the neighbourhood are named after anti-apartheid activists. The Mandela Park Backyarders association is based in the community.
Beacon Valley is a neighborhood in the central eastern part of the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, just north and north east of the town centre.
Westridge is a neighbourhood in the western part of the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The Westridge Gardens, which hosts several indigenous Cape Flats fynbos species, is an important large public park in the area, in the north of Westridge.
Portland is a neighborhood in the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is just west of the Mitchells Plain Town Centre.
The 2022 Parliament of South Africa fire was a major fire at the parliamentary complex in Cape Town, South Africa.
The murder of Charl Kinnear occurred at around 15:03 SAST on 18 September 2020 as he was arriving at his home in Bishop Lavis, Cape Town, South Africa. He was shot multiple times in the upper body whilst seated in the driver's seat of his white Toyota Corolla resulting in his death. Kinnear was a lieutenant colonel in the South African Police Service (SAPS) and was a detective and section commander for the Western Cape anti-gang unit Team C. Former semi-pro rugby player Zane Killian was arrested shortly after the incident and charged with Kinnear's murder. Kinnear's mobile phone had been illegally tracked 2,116 times by Killian before his murder using a specialised mobile phone tracking software that was accessible through a web browser on his phone or a computer.
The Helderberg Marine Protected Area is a small marine conservation area on the north-eastern side of False Bay in the Western Cape province of South Africa, It lies between the mouths of the Lourens River in the Strand, and the Eerste River in Macassar.
Colorado is a neighbourhood in the north western part of the Mitchells Plain urban area of the City of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Atlantis Diesel Engines/ Engineering (ADE) is a South African manufacturer of diesel engines and components, notably for the mining, on and off road applications as well as defense force industries. The company operates from Germiston, Gauteng, South Africa.
The International Geographical Union (IGU; French: Union géographique internationale, UGI) is an international geographical society. The first International Geographical Congress was held in Antwerp in 1871. Subsequent meetings led to the establishment of the permanent organization in 1922 in Brussels, Belgium.
website: http://igu-online.org/#
The Archdiocese of Cape Town (Latin: Sedis Archiepiscopalis Capetownensis) is a Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in Cape Town, in the south-western region of South Africa. The principal church of the archdiocese and the location of the archbishop's cathedra is the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Flight into Egypt, which also serves as the patroness saint for the archdiocese.
website: http://catholic-ct.org.za, http://www.catholic-ct.org.za/
The African Federation for Emergency Medicine is an international consortium of Africa-focused emergency medicine organizations.
website: http://www.afem.info/
The Open Society Foundation for South Africa is a South African non-profit grant-making organisation that supports the civil society sector. Its mission is to "promote the values, institutions and practices of an open, non-racial and non-sexist, democratic civil society."
website: http://www.osf.org.za/
Thunder City was an aircraft operating and maintenance company based at the Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa. It was well known for owning the largest civilian collection of former military jet aircraft in the world. These aircraft were used to perform in airshows and could also be chartered by the general public for recreational flights, including going supersonic and climbing to altitudes around 50,000 feet. Following a fatal accident in 2009 in which an English Electric Lightning crashed at an airshow, the company ceased flying operations after the accident investigation found major shortcomings in its maintenance programme.
website: http://www.aeei.co.za
De Mowbrow Golf Club is een golfclub in Kaapstad, Zuid-Afrika, dat opgericht werd in 1930. H. Morcom was de golfbaanarchitect en bouwde een 9 holesbaan, dat in 1964 uitgebreid werd tot een 18 holesbaan.
De Atlantic Beach Golf Club is een golfclub in Melkbosstrand, Zuid-Afrika. De club is opgericht in 2000 en heeft een 18-holes golfbaan met een par van 72.
Street address: New Chemical Engineering Building,Corner of South Lane and Upper Ring RoadUpper Campus, UCTRondebosch, 7701 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Level 2, Environmental & Geographical Science BuildingUpper CampusUniversity of Cape TownRondebosch, 7701South Africa (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.africancentreforcities.net/
Street address: Agrifood Technology StationCape Peninsula University of TechnologyP.O. Box 1906, Bellville, 7530; Symphony Way(off Robert Sobukwe Road)Bellville; Hanover andTennant StreetZonnebloem; Beach RoadMouille Point; Highbury Road Mowbray; Jan van Riebeeck StreetWellington; Groote Schuur DriveCape Town; Roeland StreetCape Town; 1 Heerengracht StreetCape Town; Francie van Zijl StreetParow (from Wikidata)
Street address: 129 Rochester Road Observatory, Cape Town (from Wikidata)
website: https://aidc.org.za/
Street address: Future Water InstituteRoom 3.28, Level 3, New Engineering Building1 Madiba Circle, Upper CampusUniversity of Cape Town7700 (from Wikidata)
website: https://futurewater.uct.ac.za/
Street address: 152 Main RoadMuizenberg, Cape Town7945, South Africa (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.tfe.energy/
website: https://epri.org.za/
website: http://new.ifaanet.org/
Street address: Voortrekker Road, Maitland, Cape Town, 7405 (from Wikidata)
website: https://www.capetown.gov.za/local%20and%20communities/see-all-city-facilities/our-service-facilities/Cemeteries/maitland-cemetery
Street address: 72 Roeland St, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001 (from Wikidata)
Street address: Oranjezicht, Cape Town, 8001 (from Wikidata)
Street address: 263 Victoria Road Salt RiverCape Town , WC, South Africa (from Wikidata)
The Standard Bank Building is a commercial building located in Cape Town, South Africa.
Street address: Wale Street, Cape Town (from Wikidata)
Street address: Chiappini Street, Cape Town (from Wikidata)
Cape Metro est le nom administratif désignant la zone rurale située au nord de la ville du Cap et géré directement par la métropole du Cap.
Street address: 158 Buitengracht St, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa (from Wikidata)
website: http://www.dutchmanor.co.za/
Street address: 126 Buitengracht Street, Cape Town City Centre, Cape Town, 8001 (from Wikidata)
website: https://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/south-africa/hilton-cape-town-city-centre-CPTCCHI/index.html
website: https://ebe.uct.ac.za/