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Cape Doctor. " Cape Doctor " is the local name for the strong, often persistent and dry south-easterly wind that blows on the South African coast from spring to late summer (September to March in the southern hemisphere). It is known as the Cape Doctor because of a local belief that it clears Cape Town of pollution and 'pestilence'.
About 10,000 Dutch families, for various reasons, left for the north in search of new land, thereby opening up the interior of the country. Further political development occurred in 1840 when the Cape Town Municipality was formed. At its inception, the population stood at 20,016, of which 10,560 were white.
1937 – Hoërskool Bellville was founded. 1937 - Just Nuisance born in Rondebosch (the world's first and only dog enlisted as Able Seaman in the South African Navy) 1938 – Groote Schuur Hospital founded. 1939 – Catholic Vicariate of Cape Town active.
The climate of South Africa is determined by South Africa 's situation between 22°S and 35°S, in the Southern Hemisphere 's subtropical zone, and its location between two oceans, Atlantic and the Indian. It has a greater variety of climates than most other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and it has lower average temperatures than other ...
The 1999 Manenberg tornado was a rare tornado that occurred in the Cape Town neighborhood of Manenberg, South Africa killing five people on the night of 29 August 1999. Wind speeds were recorded reaching over 150 km per hour. [ 2] The tornado killed five people and injured an additional 220. [ 2] Over 5,000 residents [ 3] were left homeless ...
Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape. An unusually large south Atlantic storm struck the southern coast of South Africa on 7 June 2017 with wind speeds as high as 120 km/h. [1] Wave heights of 9–12 metres were recorded between Cape Columbine and Cape Agulhas. [2] The storm directly caused eight deaths and damaged 135 schools across the ...
Islam is the city's second largest religion with a long history in Cape Town, [130] resulting in a number of mosques and other Muslim religious sites spread across the city, [131] such as the Auwal Mosque, South Africa's first mosque. Cape Town's significant Jewish population supports a number of synagogues most notably the historic Gardens ...
Knysna (/ ˈ n aɪ z n ə /; Afrikaans pronunciation:) is a town with 76,150 inhabitants (2019 mid-year estimates) in the Western Cape province of South Africa.It is one of the destinations on the loosely defined Garden Route tourist route.