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Readers of the British Telegraph newspaper have elected Cape Town as the best city in the world for the seventh time in a row ...
Cape Town, South Africa’s second-largest city, is in talks with Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. to take over the supply of electricity in areas of the metro served by the state power utility.
Cape Town, South Africa, has been chosen as the host city for WorldPride 2028. Th e event will mark the first time the global LGBTQIA+ celebration will take place in Africa.
Dead seals are washing up along beaches in South Africa’s port city of Cape Town, a coastal management official told CNN Friday, amid an outbreak of rabies in the marine animals.
A man jogs past as a chacma baboon forages in the garden of a home in a suburban neighborhood of Da Game Park, near Simon's Town, outside of Cape Town, South Africa, Oct. 31, 2024.
The victory, however, did not stop there. Cape Town, the crown jewel of South Africa, has also ultimately stepped into the spotlight by winning the highly coveted award of Best City in the World.
Inequality between the Western Cape and the rest of South Africa is growing. The ruling party should be worried. October 12, 2023 at 12:00 AM EDT By Alexander Parker ...
But South Africa celebrates 30 years of democracy this year and has, for all of its challenges, tried to embrace the mantra of the “rainbow nation” — a place of racial and ethnic diversity.
A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 25, 2023, Section A, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: As South Africa Shuns Migrants, a Town Reliant on Them Thrives.
Orania is a town in the northern cape of South Africa. Formally established in 1991, the town was created during the last years of apartheid, where it was meant to be a safe haven for Afrikaners.