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At least 4,500 people are displaced by storms in Cape Town, South Africa.
2024-07-11

South Africa wins a record fourth Webb Ellis Cup after defeating New Zealand 12–11 in the final.
2023-10-28

Mostert's Mill in Cape Town, South Africa, is destroyed by a fire that spread from Table Mountain.
2021-04-18

Rwandan opposition politician Seif Bamporiki is killed in his car by a single bullet fired by a gunman in Cape Town, South Africa, where he lived in exile.
2021-02-22

An explosion at a Rheinmetall munition depot near Cape Town, South Africa, kills at least eight people.
2018-09-3

Cape Town announces that they will reach their "zero day", when they run out of all available water reserves, on April 12, 2018.
2018-01-26

In rugby union, the British and Irish Lions rout Australia 41–16 in Sydney to win their three-Test series 2–1. It is the Lions' first series win since 1997, when they defeated South Africa.
2013-07-6

A school bus collides with a train in Cape Town, South Africa, killing at least nine pupils and injuring five others.
2010-08-25

The Dow Live Earth Run for Water started on April 18th. The host cities are: Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Chicago, Hong Kong, Jimbaran, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Minneapolis, New York, Lisboa, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Singapore City, Stockholm, Toronto and Washington, D.C..
2010-04-18

A fatal attack on a tourist by a "dinosaur-sized" shark off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, prompts the closure of several beaches.
2010-01-13