6 Things No One Told Me About Cape Town South Africa
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- 6 Things No One Told Me About Cape Town South Africa
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Being coloured in South Africa is more than just being mixed race. It’s actually a whole culture linked to it. Beautiful people.
I visited Cape Town on a bus holiday trip in 2000, a year later I joined a company here. I am 22 years here now and a permanent resident.
I swear after 10 years there the amount of people I’ve met who were here on Holidays and then just stayed… speaks to the uniqueness of the mother city ❤
If you look at plate tectonics Cape Town and Rio were joined when the super continent of Pangea split apart… in other words they share a geologic past and thus look similar.
Maybe you should look at it again
Actually Cape Town was attached to what is now southern Argentina. Rio was closer to Gabon, Cameroon and Nigeria.
@@supersourwombat6856 🤣🤣
@@jksinorbit Yes, exactly. All of those images show how Cape Town was along side modern day Argentina coastline
im from cape town...I have been to RIO and Argentina and its clear they were african once
Being a Capetonian thank you for the positive feedback on our beautiful and friendly city!
I’m visiting soon for work - people keep telling me how dangerous it is and that I should never walk around at night.
I’m not one to judge without trying, but I must say it does worry me slightly which I hate because I know it won’t be like everyone’s saying.
Any tips you have whilst I’m out there?
@@CameronJS1 It's more that you shouldn't walk around alone at night. You can also speak to some local people about where you should and shouldn't walk when you are here.
If you are with 1 or 2 people, you can walk around most of the city centre and be just fine.
Susan, I have been wanting to visit Capetown for so long. It’s a big dream of mine. It’s so so gorgeous. You are so lucky to live there. And as for crime…. Coming from the United States and all the mass shootings that happen daily, I’m not sure we don’t have just as much crime here. And there are no cities that you can walk around by yourself at night in the U.S. But whatever the case, i just can’t wait to visit Capetown!!!!
I love the Cape and Cape Town is my favourite city in South Africa. Travelling to Cape Town via the Garden route was the best. I loved the history and I cannot wait to get back to Cape Town.
Went last November and fell in love with South Africa. I know you’re have the time of your life. Big ups G ✌🏾
Lol..where did you go?
I'd love to travel to South Africa one day 😍🤞🇧🇷
Please do..but be safe
Come through, Ken. Where are you from?
I want to travel to Brazil 😂 swap countries for a week ?
@@xolilemsila3220 North region of Brazil, Tocantins state 😁✌ What province are you from?
@@jonathanlloyd7802 bet! 😄🤝
We appreciate you for spending your money in our country ❤
🙋🏿♂️🤷🏾♂️ what's wrong with you? Go see someone or something 🤫🙏🏾
Yeah thanks for saying this
whatever money he is spending, its going in ramaphosa's pocket
@@basilhussain9917 HEAL
I'll be there the first week in Nov. I'm black American. I'm very excited to meet my SA brothers and sisters 💓
Anyone who wants to really understand Cape Town visit district six and the museum. A very sad history but the history of that neighborhood really embodies the city and it’s multitude of cultures and diversity. Cape Town’s nickname is the Mother city and it doesn’t take long to understand why.
Cape town is an incredible city . You can drive for 30 minutes and be, in a city, in the mountain in a fantastic garden , on a beach, in a township, in a shopping mall, in a trail for the sunset, a harbor with fish out the water , Roads are goods and fluid, Shopping experience is plenty and quality, Craftsman are busy for the finest projects. Any sports lovers and athletes come to enhance and sharpen their skills for international events,...right here ! I feel safe and motivated in cape town, because it s Lekker !
People here are good and laid back, walking slower and enjoying the moment . Kudos to the Capetonians for always teaching me patience and making a Plan, that is an international skill.
Crime is the same as every others city that I have been, For some reason in cape town when i record videos, i only hear Birds singing, plenty of them , in Europe i hear police cars sirens and traffic.
Thanks, I'm heading to Cape Town in November of 2022. I've been to Rio too, I'll look for the similarities.
I enjoyed watching your videos…My family and I are going the 2week in November this is our first time visiting Africa,
Thank you very much for so much information… God Bless
I will be heading back in November December, love South Africa so much I have been to Cape Town twice, but I think this time I will go to Johannesburg and check it out. I love South Africa I think this time I go back I will try to stay!
Johannesburg is rather dull and grey (coming from a cape Town person here so I have a bias😂) but you should check out gold reef city the amusement park
Go to Johannesburg in October. You'll see all the purple jacaranda trees
My sister is a tour guide in Johannesburg and Cape Town. She dies tours in Soweto, Botswana, Swaziland, Kruger national Park, oudshoorn, Cape Town.
Let me know if you need someone to take you or a group around.
So lovely to hear positives about our beautiful country. Welcome ❤️🇿🇦
I love your videos!!! Thank you for sharing!!
Thanks for your prospective on Cape Town. I definitely will travel there next time I’m in South Africa..
Great work as always Sly!
Was there this time last week. So miss it. You are right about the views and the beautiful birds. Chapmans Peak is also a must for the views. As well as Bo Kaap
Enjoying your vids Sly, from Cape Town, living in Cusco, getting my Cape Town updates from you with local prices etc., great stuff!
Beautiful country I love South Africa 🇿🇦, thanks alot with your video,love the views
As a south African on behalf of my people we appreciate your honest take on our country ❤️ shoot me a msg next time you're in town 🙏
A visiting university lecturer from Rio once made the same connections between the two cities. He specifically mentioned the natural beauty and the people who resembled those back home.
Cape Town has a day safari not too far out if you're interested in seeing some of the Big 5 animals of South Africa
Thanks Sly, as usual great video. Enjoy the rest of your travels over there. Blessings
Thanks Sly, what a beautiful mountain view. Be sure to get at me up when you get back to Seatown.
Thank you for visiting SA!!
Hello Clare how are you?
Sly before you leave please please please and please check out St Francis Bay in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) in the Eastern Cape Province/State one of the most underated destination on earth, that place is beautiful
These videos are giving me some kinda vibes I feel like getting to my car and just drive though garden route specially with the festive around the corner
Cape Town definitely reminds me of Rio. Great video.
Great work , you really are well travelled guy and you deep dive into the culture of the places you visit. Your vlogs are real , keep it up
I loved your video and am now a subscriber. I'm visiting Cape Town this month and appreciate all your insights and great video footage of the city. Keep up the great work!
I’ve enjoyed watching your videos of South Africa. Having also visited South America, I must agree with you on the parallels between Rio and Cape Town and Sao Paula and Johannesburg.
Someone once told me:Cape Town is like Europe...Durban is Asian...Johannesburg is like America...I love my country...I love all the people here..but it's a shame that politics is messing things up..English is not my first language..I hope I got it right
Glad you enjoyed our beautiful city.
Enjoyed your videos bro....👊🏿
A very educated commentary. I like how you take your time to really educate yourself which gives you a lot of credibility. The comparisons you made and cultural diversity analysis was spot on, not a lot of people are able to do that.
Curious to see where you land next.
👍
Very informative. Super dope video 👏🏽👏🏽🔥🔥🔥 cant wait to go to Cape Town
Going tomorrow, I'm soo excited!! 😍😍
I love your videos ❤❤ . Please note, in South Africa if someone is referred to as Coloured that's their race, they have their own language and traditions. It does not mean "mixed" or racially ambiguous.
Cmon man, it’s means exactly what he said? If you’re correct, then what is the language of the colored?
@@Philasande_Shange no it doesn't, people of the Coloured race in South Africa speak the Afrikaans language.
@@allthingsworthtalkingabout9683 So in Gauteng and KZN, coloureds also speak Afrikaans? and what is their origin? In SA, Is coloured a race or tradition? If its a race, then whats makes up their race?
@@Philasande_Shange Coloureds are descendants from the slaves that were brought to (mostly Cape Town) South Africa in the 17th century mainly by the Dutch. Their heritage is South east asian, Malagasy, west- and east African, Khoi, San and White. As the settlers 'bred' their slaves and raped their women, this mix came about. There's a lot of literature about it if you are interested. The Cape Malay Coloureds are mostly muslim.
Coloured people are a mixed race, not too black and not too white and sometimes both🤣 from a coloured person born in Cape Town 💞💞🇿🇦🇿🇦
Wow, you enlighten me today esp that comparison with Brazil.
if you like the outdoors, I would suggest visiting the Drakensberg
Just discovered your travel vlogs!
Really enjoying it! Enough info, n a mix of facts, cultural diffrences, n scenic footage. Wouldve been nice to help you get a better tour of all the nice places that Durban had to offer. But keep on doing a great job! Safe Travels. 👏😎
Sly, you are the best! Thank you :)
This is great! Thank you. I
Am glad you are enjoying your stay here in the cape. And definitely we have amazing wines. Award winning wines too and so cheap in comparison.
I love South Africa🇿🇦. Have been to Cape Town, just wondering why didn't you go to Cape Point...It is so beautiful!
Next time, explore Durban, it has its own attraction.
Durban is a bit unsafe nowadays.. don't go to the city center...but go to Shaka's Rock....and if you really like to treat yourself...go to Mtunzini...about 200km from Durban on the North Coast...close to Empangeni and Richard's bay..they have a natural lagoon..about 50km of unspoiled beaches..it's almost heaven..Ps:The only place in the world where I sat in a bar with two semi tame Zebras...Savanah and Debbie..lol
The road to Cape point are prone for rockfalls. It needs to be cleared regularly. And it makes it unsafe to travel on that road.
@@sakabula2357
Durban is still safe if you don't venture in certain areas. You can enjoy flora of various kinds in Botanic garden and Dolphin show in Ushaka.
I have been to Mtunzini several times. It is a small, quiet and beautiful town. Almost eight years ago, you could see zebras roaming around in the town but not any longer. I guess they are confined to the lagoon area now.
@@sheilapandey6242 That's a pity..they use to hang out at the Bush Pub..loved to stand next to the bonfire at night...I haven't been there for a couple of years now but have great memories...
Other than the beach tell me...
Spot-on comments about the wine ✌
Glad you liked the wines👍👍👍👍👍
5:13 My God, all those colored homes! It's absolutely gorgeous! The entire atmosphere is just amazing. Wow!
Glad you enjoyed my home town
South Africa is the financial power house of the continent and is also a power house hence everyone is here
Really?????
@@Peace2dagawdz YES
@McSnapples How can Nigeria be the financial powerhouse? You got this from we're? The wealthiest nation in Africa is SA, the most industries and diverse is SA, Stock Exchange of both Nigeria and Egypt is less than $150Billion while stock exchange of SA is $1.35 Trillion. Of the top 10 richest cities in Africa, 6 of them are from SA with Johannesburg and Cape Town leading the day. Out of the top 10 richest banks in Africa, 5 of them are from SA. How the hell on earth does this put Nigeria and Egypt ahead of SA? Most luxurious cars and retails in Africa are found in SA way ahead of those countries. migrants from both countries can be found in SA, Nigerians in close to a million yet in Nigeria you won't even find 5k south Africans
@McSnapples If SA want to go ahead with land appropriate we can. You forget that SA is the power player in Africa. SA makes the short and you forget that SA is a member of both BRICS and G20 Summit, SA is not your typical African nation and whoever hurt SA will collapse in Africa because even the biggest companies in Africa, most of them are from SA. Again, SA is a member of an emerging powerhouse, it will hurt the west more if they hurt SA. Hurting SA will make more African countries to be more aggressive because it will hurt the continent
@McSnapples SA economy is not in any shape of form as you describe, you sound like those jealous Africans who pray fro the fall of SA. Usually, they follow Popular opinions. SA economy remains the strongest in Africa as it is the most diverse, and most industrial. SA is the only African country with a large GDP, GDP Per Capita, PPP, Wealth and Stock Exchange. South Africans have more wealth in Africa and black SAfricans have more collective wealth than all blacks in Africa. So I have no fcking idea what you're on about. Black South Africans are the only blacks in the world leading and industrial nation. SA is home to most African migrants in Africa by a large number, people migrate to financial power houses they are not going to Nigeria or Egypt like they going to SA
Very beautiful fantastic video👍
I like the comparison you made between Cape Town and Rio. I lived in Cape Town last year, and visited Rio this year and I felt the same way. I think that's why I liked Rio so much cause it felt like Cape Town. Though, in my opinion, Cape Town is way easier to navigate and I didn't have to be alert as much as I was in Rio. What were your thoughts on that?
Woo hoo! We are number one overall. I used to develop tourism in the townships. Best time of my life.
Thank you for exposing my county 🙌🏾
You really got around bro
Good video. I live in Cape Town and we have our socioeconomic problems, but generally I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. I love the diversity of cultures here. I hope you come back
Hope you did Franschhoek. It's beautiful.
lets make Cape Town great. Thanks for promoting our tourism
Wines made in South Africa are sold in other countries. We are on 10 best wine exporters
Check out garden Route.. Mossel-bay then chill on. Plettenberg bay
My city of Cape Town with the most beautiful natural views in the world. Even with the crime, won't ever move anywhere else. 💞
I thought I read “even the crime won’t move” 😂😭 would have been very funny. As someone who left couple years ago I love the mother city and kind of miss it every day, even Eskom can’t ruin it…
I remember you visiting Yen's Vietnamese Street food 😄🥰 greetings!
Hello, thank you for the information; I'll be in SA (Cape Town) for Christmas :)
This really makes me miss the Cape 💜
Cape Town is my home city, grew up there and stayed & worked there for 48yrs. I'll be back in about a year.
Thank you that is my city
the best wine experience is the wine tram in Franschoek its a great experience
That and more. SA has got a lot. and I just figured that out recently.
We love all our visitors! Select the areas you enter very carefully. Big smiles from beautiful Cape Town 💟 🏖🌊🍷🐳👋🏾👋🏻👋🏿
Best wine you would find in Cape Town is in Stellenbosch/Franshoek winelands.
I approve of this message… although constantia is also not too shabby
Hope you checked out Two ocean Restaurants. Where the Indian ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean
I need to correct you here.. "Coloured "is a race and culture in itself.. Mixed race is not.. Someone you may know-it-all Trevor is mixed race, certainly not coloured. But we're not very sensitive about labels here
I was waiting for someone to say something 😂 to be fair I don’t think Cape Town really cares about anything except Eskom being Eskom other than that we mostly vibing
Does anyone know what the hike is called at the beginning of the video with the amazing view over Sea Point?
how did you find the safety in South Africa compared to Colombia?
Solo female traveler here and I could use some advice. Both Rio and Cape Town were already on my list for 2023, but which one should I go to first? I’d like to go when it’s hot and dry rather than rainy
Awe Sly...did you get a Masallah Steak Gatsby at golden dish or Wembly Roadhouse?
Don’t forget the Fish n Chips, never forget the Fish n Chips
Which city has the better infrastructure, Capetown or Rio?
Welcome to my city…❤🎉
Going up Table Mtn is a hassle. Too busy. Somrtimes wind shuts the cable cars down. Also the cloud can come down real quick
Coloured is a race and culture in itself. It does not mean mixed or racially ambiguous. We as Coloured people identify as such and not mixed race, in fact it can be kind of offensive to us to have our identity disregarded like that.
You will find Xhosa and Khoi and mixed there Malay and other various groups with Indians as well.....if you say you are not mixed them what are you? Why you claim your European and African ancestry if you are not mixed some of you?
@@realsebsworld3004 Cause it's not the defining feature of Coloured identity and heritage. If you say "coloured just means mixed race" then Walter Sisulu was also a Coloured man and not a Xhosa man. But which was his actual heritage and identity? It'd be more accurate to say something like "there's a mixed-race community in South Africa called Coloured people" than saying "mixed-race people in South Africa are called Coloured". I think it would provoke different questions about South African history from people visiting South Africa, otherwise they'd assume something like my above example is what we mean when say "Coloured people", 'cause e.g. one white parent-one black parent is often what they mean when they say someone is "mixed-race".
So you are African? Cos my grandma was a Khoisan, and a Motswana!
Coloured people are mostly mixed race! Malay, Indian, African and European. You do get the pure Khoisans. Most Xhosa people are part Khoisan HENCE THE CLICK in their language. Most Batswana people are also half Khoisan, like my grandma and her Tribe mates. They were called Barolong Ba Ga Khoi. In Northern Cape Coloured people and Batswana people are very very similar. Coloured is mostly a fusion
@@tpmash teach them they are lost and don't know what to say or believe who they are they think being Coloured only exist in Cape Town but no they are not.
@@realsebsworld3004 Yeah we keep teaching each other. We should also approach the subject with emphathy because they need to be allowed to be who they want to be.But there’s deliberate confusion of thinking Khoisan people are only Coloured! NO!!! Batswana people are mostly Khoisan, even Xhosa people (hence the clicks).My grans tribe was Barolong Ba Ga Khoi, a Batswana tribe!
Khoisans descended from Namibia & Botswana down to Northen Cape then Cape Town. They may possibly be natives of Cape Town, not RSA. Not kwa Zulu Natal, certainly not Limpopo. It’s a no brainer! The San people are the "Aboriginals" of HUMANITY not South Africa. No one tribe can claim to be a native of South Africa when Africa was a country
My advise if best views; visit Cape Point. It breath taking
Would u consider moving here one day?
Coloured on SA can be a black/white mix or a mix of Malay, Chinese , Indian and so on. In other words it's not only black and white mix.
But it’s mixed right? Mixed race?
I bought a South African wine from Trader Joe’s and I did a double take after my first sip! Best wine I ever had!
Have you been to Clifton beach?
Yep Sly in johannesburg you find Most African brother & Sister there,, that is so true,,
Love watching you explore Cape Town. ❤ Essentially, what coloured means with the context of South African society is that we are basically "Creole people." We are African creole people. Throughout thr southern Africa border countries, you would find coloured/creole people. If you go further up towards north of Africa along its coast is the island of Cape verde, you will find creole people of West African and portugese ancestry there as well.
That Bo-Kaap pronunciation though lol
NAMIBIA!!! I'm from Namibia and Angola originally.
On the term 'coloured'. My 1st ID document in 1976 termed me 'Coloured'. But also in that year I, through my Black Consciousness after political education, rejected the term 'coloured'. Those South Africans who are not white, are in fact black South Africans, no matter their pigmentation.
I hope you had a gatsby in Cape Town and a bunny chow in Durban?
Nice I planning on visiting Africa next year. Crime at night is a problem. Carjacking is common in South Africa that why peoples don’t stop at stop signs.?
Are you still here? Im here now and chilling. let me buy you a drink.
What is your best place you visited in Africa
Great video!!! How about the ladies?
Howzit.
I didn't hear anything about our brandy and sports.
We as south Africans also can't tell the difference between us, zim, Namibia, Botswana, we same until we start speaking, but still South african accent is different from theirs but also that's not enough untill the person tells us where they from. Just to sho tht we all africans
Most of the time we can tell but go ahead.
As a Central African I must admit it took me a while but the key is language. Except Congolese and Gabonese brothers, we just recognize each other on sight like a hunch. I guess game recognizes game, I really don’t know why but it always amuses me 😂
My dream is to living there one day
Which is better Rio, Brazil or Cape Town, SA?
Durban South Africa is the best
Shark cage diving in the deep, is still waiting for you Sly!
All the Great Whites left the area you do cage diving in 😢
Erm no more Great whites here
Capetown to me is the most beautiful city in the world