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The exception is the Western Cape and its capital city Cape Town where the climate is Mediterranean and it rains more in the wintertime. [4] In the winter months, snow collects on the high mountains of the Cape and the Drakensberg. A few times in South Africa's history snow has fallen in other regions - (provinces) such as in September 2021. [5]
Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [13] Cape Town is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [14] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.
As of July 2018, South Africa had a coal power generation capacity of 39 gigawatts (GW). [7] South Africa is the world's 14th largest emitter of greenhouse gases. [7] South Africa is planning to shift away from coal in the electricity sector and the country produces the most solar and wind energy by terawatt-hours in Africa. [8]
After the riot, somebody sprayed graffiti that would make it into the history books. The Cape Times told it this way: [This quote needs a citation]. Graffiti artists at the weekend sprayed several Cape Town suburban railway stations with slogans reading: Release our leaders, Free our leaders, unban the ANC and Forward to purple people's power, -- a reference to the police use of purple dye in ...
The Eastern Cape province, located on the east coast of South Africa records on average 40mm of rain in the month of January, typical of the rainy season. However, in the Buffalo City Municipality, which is home to the city of East London and surrounding towns, notably the township of Mdantsane, situated further inland on a floodplain, recorded 58mm of rain all within 24 hours between 8–9 ...
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'.
This weather event proved to be the most devastating recorded, from the financial and insurance point of view, in South Africa to date, destroying 4,000 homes. [5] [6] [7] On 26 September 1990, Welkom experienced a seismic event with a magnitude of 4.2, which resulted in two deaths and five injuries. [5]
It is an exclusive residential area and is home to the most expensive real estate in South Africa, [2] with dwellings nestled on cliffs that have sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean. [ 3 ] Clifton was rated as one of the Top Ten Beaches by the cable and satellite television network Discovery Travel Channel in 2003 and 2004 and has received ...