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The area known today as Cape Town has no written history before it was first mentioned by Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias in 1488. The German anthropologist Theophilus Hahn recorded that the original name of the area was '||Hui !Gais' – a toponym in the indigenous Khoi language meaning "where clouds gather."
Pages in category "People from Cape Town" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 206 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
They returned to Zambia in 1967 and built a home for themselves for their three children's visitation. While in exile at Zambia, Ray co-authored a book called Class and Colour in South Africa, 1850–1950 with Jack Simons and worked for the International Labour Organization and African National Congress (ANC) which was banned in South Africa ...
This is a list of the heritage sites in Cape Town's CBD, the Waterfront, and the Bo-Kaap as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. [1] [2]For additional provincial heritage sites declared by Heritage Western Cape, the provincial heritage resources authority of the Western Cape Province of South Africa, please see the entries at the end of the list.
In 2021 Cape Town also experienced a violent turf war between rival taxi firms which led to the deaths of 83 people. Since the 2010s, Cape Town and the wider Western Cape province have seen the rise of a small secessionist movement. [61] Support for parties "which have formally adopted Cape independence" was around 5% in the 2021 municipal ...
Pages in category "People from the City of Cape Town" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Number: One Man's Search for Identity in the Cape Underworld and Prison Gangs is a non-fiction book written by Jonny Steinberg about South Africa's criminal tradition of prison gangs and published in 2004 by Jonathan Ball Publishers. [1] The book won South Africa's premier nonfiction literary award, the Sunday Times Alan Paton Award. [2]
Cape Town International Convention Centre and Mzoli's open. 2003 Cricket World Cup held. Sizzlers massacre results in 9 deaths; 2004 Africa Centre established. 2005 Cape Peninsula University of Technology and Cape Cobras cricket team established. Daily Voice newspaper begins publication. 2006 Cape Town Book Fair begins. [71] Homeless World Cup ...