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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 ...
The South African smart identity card – known as a Smart ID Card – replaces the old green bar-coded identity book. [1] Both are identity documents that serve as proof of a person's identity. This proof includes a person's photograph, their full name, their date of birth, their place of birth, and their unique identity number.
Eddie Esau. St George's Cathedral (also referred to as The Cathedral Church of St George the Martyr) is the Anglican cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa, and the seat of the Archbishop of Cape Town. St. George's Cathedral is both the metropolitical church of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and a congregation in the Diocese of Cape Town ...
The People's Movement for Change (PMC) is a South African political party formed in November 2023 by Marius Fransman, former Deputy of International Foreign Affairs and former Chairperson of the African National Congress (ANC) in Western Cape. In February 2024, former Mayor of Cape Town for the Democratic Alliance (DA), Dan Plato, joined the party.
For the broader group of mixed-race people in South Africa, see Coloureds. Cape Coloureds. Kaapse Kleurlinge. An extended Coloured South African family with roots in Cape Town, Kimberley and Pretoria. Total population. 5,247,740 [1] (In South Africa only, 2020) Regions with significant populations. South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho.
Adelaide, Eastern Cape. / 32.70778°S 26.29556°E / -32.70778; 26.29556. Adelaide is a rural town and farming area in the province of Eastern Cape, South Africa. Adelaide is situated at the foothills of the Great Winterberg mountain range, 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of Bedford and 37 kilometres (23 mi) west of Fort Beaufort .
The Cape of Good Hope ( Afrikaans: Kaap die Goeie Hoop [ˌkɑːp di ˌχujə ˈɦuəp]) [a] is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa . A common misconception is that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa, based on the misbelief that the Cape was the dividing point between the Atlantic and ...
Houses of Parliament, Cape Town. / 33.92611°S 18.41917°E / -33.92611; 18.41917. The Houses of Parliament of South Africa are situated in Cape Town. The building consists of three main sections: the original building, completed in 1884, and additions constructed in the 1920s and 1980s. The newer additions house the National Assembly ...