Cape Town Data
Short facts about Cape Town's language, food, music, traditions and places, including its stranger details.
Did you know?Language & Slang
Section 5 of the Constitution of the Western Cape, 1997 gives Afrikaans, English and isiXhosa equal official status for provincial government. Census 2022 records 41.2 per cent of the province speaking Afrikaans most often at home, 31.4 per cent isiXhosa and 22.0 per cent English.
Western Cape · 1997 Read the story
Did you know?Language & Slang
The Kaaps Woordeboek, the first trilingual dictionary of the Cape Flats language Kaaps, was launched at the Castle of Good Hope on 23 April 2026. The UWC linguist Quentin Williams compiled it.
Cape Flats · 2026 Read the story
Did you know?Language & Slang
In Cape Town the gaartjie, also written gaatjie or guardjie, is the crew member on a minibus taxi who calls the destination, works the door and takes the fares.
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