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Disa Park is one of the best-known pieces of architecture in the Vredehoek area of Cape Town, South Africa.The towers were built in response to a "white housing crisis" in the city and completed in 1969. [2]
The Mutual Building was the tallest building in Cape Town for 23 years, before it was overtaken by the Sanlam Centre (Naspers Centre) in 1962. [3] After it was completed in 1972 and overtook the Trust Bank Centre (ABSA Centre) which is now called (The Foreshore Place) after being turned into a residential building, 1 Thibault Square (BP Centre) was the tallest building in the city for the next ...
Portside is a 139-metre-tall (456 ft) building in Cape Town, South Africa.Completed in 2014, it is the city's tallest building [3] and, at the time of completion, was Cape Town's first significant skyscraper developed in the central business district (CBD) in 15 years.
This is a list of cities and towns in the Western Cape province of South Africa. They are divided according to the districts in which they are located. Cape Metropole
The Perseverance Tavern, also known as The Percy or Persies, is a public house established in 1808 [1] by Johannes Blesser in Cape Town. [2] [3] At the time of its temporary closure due to the Covid-19 crisis, it was notable for being the oldest pub in South Africa.
TEMPEST (Telecommunications Electronics Materials Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions [1]) is a U.S. National Security Agency specification and a NATO certification [2] [3] referring to spying on information systems through leaking emanations, including unintentional radio or electrical signals, sounds, and vibrations.
Cape Town first received local self-government in 1839, with the promulgation of a municipal ordinance by the government of the Cape Colony. [4] When it was created, the Cape Town municipality governed only the central part of the city known as the City Bowl, and as the city expanded, new suburbs became new municipalities, until by 1902 there were 10 separate municipalities in the Cape ...
The Rhodes Memorial is a large monument in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Devil's Peak in Cape Town, South Africa, situated close to Table Mountain. It is a memorial to the English -born South African politician Cecil John Rhodes (1853 – 1902), was designed by architect Herbert Baker and finished in 1912.