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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  • @N1ch0la5C00p3r
    @N1ch0la5C00p3r ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Being coloured in South Africa is more than just being mixed race. It’s actually a whole culture linked to it. Beautiful people.

  • @nelsonchinasamy9857
    @nelsonchinasamy9857 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    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.

    • @dreammaker9642
      @dreammaker9642 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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 ❤

  • @jksinorbit
    @jksinorbit ปีที่แล้ว +107

    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.

    • @supersourwombat6856
      @supersourwombat6856 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Maybe you should look at it again

    • @rossmelland
      @rossmelland ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Actually Cape Town was attached to what is now southern Argentina. Rio was closer to Gabon, Cameroon and Nigeria.

    • @MarkoVukovic0
      @MarkoVukovic0 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@supersourwombat6856 🤣🤣

    • @rossmelland
      @rossmelland ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jksinorbit Yes, exactly. All of those images show how Cape Town was along side modern day Argentina coastline

    • @klean_upguyza6461
      @klean_upguyza6461 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      im from cape town...I have been to RIO and Argentina and its clear they were african once

  • @susanschoultz4959
    @susanschoultz4959 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Being a Capetonian thank you for the positive feedback on our beautiful and friendly city!

    • @CameronJS1
      @CameronJS1 ปีที่แล้ว

      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?

    • @rossholmes9570
      @rossholmes9570 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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.

    • @Wanderlust246
      @Wanderlust246 ปีที่แล้ว

      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!!!!

  • @niroshpather5892
    @niroshpather5892 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    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.

  • @kentrindade5796
    @kentrindade5796 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I'd love to travel to South Africa one day 😍🤞🇧🇷

    • @sakabula2357
      @sakabula2357 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Please do..but be safe

    • @xolilemsila3220
      @xolilemsila3220 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Come through, Ken. Where are you from?

    • @jonathanlloyd7802
      @jonathanlloyd7802 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I want to travel to Brazil 😂 swap countries for a week ?

    • @kentrindade5796
      @kentrindade5796 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@xolilemsila3220 North region of Brazil, Tocantins state 😁✌ What province are you from?

    • @kentrindade5796
      @kentrindade5796 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jonathanlloyd7802 bet! 😄🤝

  • @JoeBlow-sx4xk
    @JoeBlow-sx4xk ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Went last November and fell in love with South Africa. I know you’re have the time of your life. Big ups G ✌🏾

    • @sakabula2357
      @sakabula2357 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol..where did you go?

  • @dreammaker9642
    @dreammaker9642 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    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.

  • @krazyjey
    @krazyjey ปีที่แล้ว +9

    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.

  • @shirleyntlonti4416
    @shirleyntlonti4416 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    We appreciate you for spending your money in our country ❤

    • @Neo_Mpax999
      @Neo_Mpax999 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🙋🏿‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️ what's wrong with you? Go see someone or something 🤫🙏🏾

    • @Rikard1
      @Rikard1 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah thanks for saying this

    • @basilhussain9917
      @basilhussain9917 ปีที่แล้ว

      whatever money he is spending, its going in ramaphosa's pocket

    • @shirleyntlonti4416
      @shirleyntlonti4416 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@basilhussain9917 HEAL

    • @Peace2dagawdz
      @Peace2dagawdz ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I'll be there the first week in Nov. I'm black American. I'm very excited to meet my SA brothers and sisters 💓

  • @Nmckenz1
    @Nmckenz1 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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

  • @mileswinslow7553
    @mileswinslow7553 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks, I'm heading to Cape Town in November of 2022. I've been to Rio too, I'll look for the similarities.

  • @leigh-annblake1878
    @leigh-annblake1878 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So lovely to hear positives about our beautiful country. Welcome ❤️🇿🇦

  • @bottledmilkshake
    @bottledmilkshake ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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 🙏

  • @b1digitaldiaspora999
    @b1digitaldiaspora999 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    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!

    • @Alex_Knight.
      @Alex_Knight. ปีที่แล้ว

      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

    • @steventheron3217
      @steventheron3217 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go to Johannesburg in October. You'll see all the purple jacaranda trees

    • @Sunshine-hb2tx
      @Sunshine-hb2tx ปีที่แล้ว

      My sister is a tour guide in Johannesburg and Cape Town. She dies tours in Soweto, Botswana, Swaziland, Kruger national Park, oudshoorn, Cape Town.

    • @Sunshine-hb2tx
      @Sunshine-hb2tx ปีที่แล้ว

      Let me know if you need someone to take you or a group around.

  • @ayobampilo5762
    @ayobampilo5762 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    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

  • @adrevanderwesthuizen7262
    @adrevanderwesthuizen7262 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    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.

  • @SM-cz5od
    @SM-cz5od ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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

  • @rodneyfsplace1596
    @rodneyfsplace1596 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thanks for your prospective on Cape Town. I definitely will travel there next time I’m in South Africa..

  • @clareovens8047
    @clareovens8047 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you for visiting SA!!

  • @basildavidson4597
    @basildavidson4597 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    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.

    • @sakabula2357
      @sakabula2357 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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

  • @AfricanDominican
    @AfricanDominican ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Cape Town definitely reminds me of Rio. Great video.

  • @RedLorryYellowLorry_
    @RedLorryYellowLorry_ ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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

  • @Zhani294
    @Zhani294 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    if you like the outdoors, I would suggest visiting the Drakensberg

  • @lancescelo2228
    @lancescelo2228 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful country I love South Africa 🇿🇦, thanks alot with your video,love the views

  • @truesouth6532
    @truesouth6532 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    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.

  • @sheilapandey6242
    @sheilapandey6242 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    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.

    • @sakabula2357
      @sakabula2357 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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

    • @johanjacobs9240
      @johanjacobs9240 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @sheilapandey6242
      @sheilapandey6242 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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.

    • @sakabula2357
      @sakabula2357 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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...

    • @TheoDaJunk
      @TheoDaJunk ปีที่แล้ว

      Other than the beach tell me...

  • @allthingsworthtalkingabout9683
    @allthingsworthtalkingabout9683 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    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.

    • @Philasande_Shange
      @Philasande_Shange ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cmon man, it’s means exactly what he said? If you’re correct, then what is the language of the colored?

    • @allthingsworthtalkingabout9683
      @allthingsworthtalkingabout9683 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Philasande_Shange no it doesn't, people of the Coloured race in South Africa speak the Afrikaans language.

    • @Philasande_Shange
      @Philasande_Shange ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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?

    • @azu_rikka
      @azu_rikka ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@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.

    • @lillianfortuin2983
      @lillianfortuin2983 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Coloured people are a mixed race, not too black and not too white and sometimes both🤣 from a coloured person born in Cape Town 💞💞🇿🇦🇿🇦

  • @MikeLangfordGoogle
    @MikeLangfordGoogle ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Enjoying your vids Sly, from Cape Town, living in Cusco, getting my Cape Town updates from you with local prices etc., great stuff!

  • @Matthew-gz4oh
    @Matthew-gz4oh ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great work as always Sly!

  • @MsPisces-ls5os
    @MsPisces-ls5os ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your videos!!! Thank you for sharing!!

  • @lozi4163
    @lozi4163 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    South Africa is the financial power house of the continent and is also a power house hence everyone is here

    • @Peace2dagawdz
      @Peace2dagawdz ปีที่แล้ว

      Really?????

    • @lozi4163
      @lozi4163 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Peace2dagawdz YES

    • @lozi4163
      @lozi4163 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @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

    • @lozi4163
      @lozi4163 ปีที่แล้ว

      @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

    • @lozi4163
      @lozi4163 ปีที่แล้ว

      @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

  • @seandryden5662
    @seandryden5662 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad you enjoyed our beautiful city.

  • @randallq5006
    @randallq5006 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Sly, as usual great video. Enjoy the rest of your travels over there. Blessings

  • @koolkarl7464
    @koolkarl7464 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks Sly, what a beautiful mountain view. Be sure to get at me up when you get back to Seatown.

  • @olwethubavuma9125
    @olwethubavuma9125 ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @trinity1181
    @trinity1181 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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

  • @tien8641
    @tien8641 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    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?

  • @MSThomp1
    @MSThomp1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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!

  • @Thabaniization
    @Thabaniization ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enjoyed your videos bro....👊🏿

  • @ngmn5402
    @ngmn5402 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, you enlighten me today esp that comparison with Brazil.

  • @JMFSpike
    @JMFSpike ปีที่แล้ว

    5:13 My God, all those colored homes! It's absolutely gorgeous! The entire atmosphere is just amazing. Wow!

  • @AGirlNamedVan
    @AGirlNamedVan ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @CathyVerm
    @CathyVerm ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sly, you are the best! Thank you :)

  • @cindym5896
    @cindym5896 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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. 👏😎

  • @keiram.2287
    @keiram.2287 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very informative. Super dope video 👏🏽👏🏽🔥🔥🔥 cant wait to go to Cape Town

    • @keiram.2287
      @keiram.2287 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Going tomorrow, I'm soo excited!! 😍😍

  • @marinda3262
    @marinda3262 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad you liked the wines👍👍👍👍👍

  • @michaeltaylor8835
    @michaeltaylor8835 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad you enjoyed my home town

  • @lethaboelvismahlangu4869
    @lethaboelvismahlangu4869 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wines made in South Africa are sold in other countries. We are on 10 best wine exporters

  • @KyleBurrissTheMagnificent
    @KyleBurrissTheMagnificent ปีที่แล้ว

    Spot-on comments about the wine ✌

  • @eveningstar1
    @eveningstar1 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is great! Thank you. I

  • @fatimajaffer1745
    @fatimajaffer1745 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My city of Cape Town with the most beautiful natural views in the world. Even with the crime, won't ever move anywhere else. 💞

    • @dreammaker9642
      @dreammaker9642 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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…

  • @vision1vlog
    @vision1vlog ปีที่แล้ว

    Very beautiful fantastic video👍

  • @andrewworrall4302
    @andrewworrall4302 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @nisebiggs6572
    @nisebiggs6572 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Woo hoo! We are number one overall. I used to develop tourism in the townships. Best time of my life.

  • @TroyeGaleta
    @TroyeGaleta ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Best wine you would find in Cape Town is in Stellenbosch/Franshoek winelands.

    • @dreammaker9642
      @dreammaker9642 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I approve of this message… although constantia is also not too shabby

  • @moafrika8789
    @moafrika8789 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hope you did Franschhoek. It's beautiful.

  • @ndumisoqolintaba8224
    @ndumisoqolintaba8224 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for exposing my county 🙌🏾

  • @vincenthenry542
    @vincenthenry542 ปีที่แล้ว

    You really got around bro

  • @truthalwayswins3078
    @truthalwayswins3078 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cape Town is my home city, grew up there and stayed & worked there for 48yrs. I'll be back in about a year.

  • @lisabrxxx
    @lisabrxxx ปีที่แล้ว

    This really makes me miss the Cape 💜

  • @TFARM56
    @TFARM56 ปีที่แล้ว

    Check out garden Route.. Mossel-bay then chill on. Plettenberg bay

  • @ronaldbarbour3562
    @ronaldbarbour3562 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    lets make Cape Town great. Thanks for promoting our tourism

  • @anxescape639
    @anxescape639 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember you visiting Yen's Vietnamese Street food 😄🥰 greetings!

  • @MM_ZZZ
    @MM_ZZZ ปีที่แล้ว +7

    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.

    • @realsebsworld3004
      @realsebsworld3004 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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?

    • @mnmeskc848
      @mnmeskc848 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@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".

    • @tpmash
      @tpmash ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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

    • @realsebsworld3004
      @realsebsworld3004 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

    • @tpmash
      @tpmash ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@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

  • @cgipson100
    @cgipson100 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello, thank you for the information; I'll be in SA (Cape Town) for Christmas :)

  • @gawie10
    @gawie10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you that is my city

  • @JesusRaves
    @JesusRaves ปีที่แล้ว

    the best wine experience is the wine tram in Franschoek its a great experience

  • @viviannaledi9592
    @viviannaledi9592 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yep Sly in johannesburg you find Most African brother & Sister there,, that is so true,,

  • @AfricanDominican
    @AfricanDominican ปีที่แล้ว +3

    NAMIBIA!!! I'm from Namibia and Angola originally.

  • @TroyeGaleta
    @TroyeGaleta ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My advise if best views; visit Cape Point. It breath taking

  • @1HourOf.
    @1HourOf. ปีที่แล้ว

    That and more. SA has got a lot. and I just figured that out recently.

  • @joannebottcher9779
    @joannebottcher9779 ปีที่แล้ว

    We love all our visitors! Select the areas you enter very carefully. Big smiles from beautiful Cape Town 💟 🏖🌊🍷🐳👋🏾👋🏻👋🏿

  • @dudiddy83
    @dudiddy83 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hope you checked out Two ocean Restaurants. Where the Indian ocean meets the Atlantic Ocean

  • @sev3n604
    @sev3n604 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Welcome to my city…❤🎉

  • @shadliedamons9783
    @shadliedamons9783 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That Bo-Kaap pronunciation though lol

  • @mssummer07
    @mssummer07 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @shelleyvreenen361
    @shelleyvreenen361 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    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

    • @dreammaker9642
      @dreammaker9642 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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

  • @talori5417
    @talori5417 ปีที่แล้ว

    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!

  • @deonfebruary995
    @deonfebruary995 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @zparkergeco
    @zparkergeco ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awe Sly...did you get a Masallah Steak Gatsby at golden dish or Wembly Roadhouse?

    • @dreammaker9642
      @dreammaker9642 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don’t forget the Fish n Chips, never forget the Fish n Chips

  • @michaeltaylor8835
    @michaeltaylor8835 ปีที่แล้ว

    Going up Table Mtn is a hassle. Too busy. Somrtimes wind shuts the cable cars down. Also the cloud can come down real quick

  • @wot4922
    @wot4922 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

    • @tpmash
      @tpmash ปีที่แล้ว

      But it’s mixed right? Mixed race?

  • @MrAllstar
    @MrAllstar ปีที่แล้ว

    Does anyone know what the hike is called at the beginning of the video with the amazing view over Sea Point?

  • @KB-sg7tv
    @KB-sg7tv ปีที่แล้ว

    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

  • @morenakhaya655
    @morenakhaya655 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Would u consider moving here one day?

  • @telegramcryptonaire8835
    @telegramcryptonaire8835 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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

    • @lozi4163
      @lozi4163 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most of the time we can tell but go ahead.

    • @dreammaker9642
      @dreammaker9642 ปีที่แล้ว

      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 😂

  • @willwill1064
    @willwill1064 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Okay, I have binge watching his videos and what he says about the one-drop rule is kind of true in the US. (but not really) They are usually going to combine whatever you are mixed with. (but they won't use colored) Black and Asian/Blasian, Black, and Mexican Blaxican. Then you have black people that may use Latino, or they put an Afro in front. Afro-Brazilian or Afro-Cuban Brazil has the highest of people of African Descent than its the US.

  • @MrKaekapakae
    @MrKaekapakae ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Shark cage diving in the deep, is still waiting for you Sly!

    • @KM-tx7mn
      @KM-tx7mn ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All the Great Whites left the area you do cage diving in 😢

    • @natashacoetzee5489
      @natashacoetzee5489 ปีที่แล้ว

      Erm no more Great whites here

  • @wiljon1981
    @wiljon1981 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Another great video. Cape Town is a lovely and scenic place. I've visited 3 times and planning to return shortly in 3 months. I highly recommend renting a car to get around although there's Uber and public transportation. My first 2 times there I relied on public transportation which I was limited to a few things. On my 3 trip i had rented a car and was able to travel more. Speaking of race, in the US it goes by the color (race) of your father. I have biracial friends. Their mother is black, father white. They look more black, but because their father white, they label as white. South Africa and America have one thing in common which is diversity. There is crime everywhere and US probably have more crime than South Africa 😁. I encourage blk Americans to visit the motherland. It doesn't matter which country, but come. Instead of spending thousands towards the Caribbean, Mexico, or Europe come to Africa, spend the same amount, and get treated better. And you are actually saving on money with you getting more out of the dollar.

    • @truesouth6532
      @truesouth6532 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh really, I didn't know about the American culture of the child going by the father's race, that's quite interesting. It's not too strange though for us because we also go by whatever culture/tribe your father is i.e if your mother is Zulu and your father is Xhosa, then you're Xhosa, you're not half this and half that you're a 100% what your father is.

  • @MajorrBison
    @MajorrBison ปีที่แล้ว

    Which city has the better infrastructure, Capetown or Rio?

  • @mightyrsa9772
    @mightyrsa9772 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you been to Clifton beach?

  • @minenhlekhumalo433
    @minenhlekhumalo433 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    But coloured in South Africa especially in Cape Town its a culture.

    • @MartinMenge
      @MartinMenge ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree, it is the name of an ethnocultural group rather than race. Trevor Noah, for example isn't Coloured. Yet if a Coloured couple adopted a baby of any race that child will be Coloured.

    • @lexxon11
      @lexxon11 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MartinMenge wow muy interesa

    • @hospagalief
      @hospagalief ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MartinMenge Trevor is coloured but he a Zulu speaker too. Coloured isn't any one definition as such, it has a few different references, one of them is not black African and not white.

    • @MartinMenge
      @MartinMenge ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hospagalief Trevor is not ethnically Zulu and only speaks isiZulu as an auxiliary language. From his mother's side he is Xhosa and from his father's side Swiss. He did a routine back in the day (I think it was called "banana-type") where he explained the plight he shares with other mixed-race South Africans who do not identify as Coloured. I'm yet to meet a mixed South African who does not identify with Coloured culture who is okay with the term being used to describe their racial heritage. The opinion has been expressed by many that it should only be used to describe cultural heritage and not race.

    • @hospagalief
      @hospagalief ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MartinMenge are u south African? I know Trevor's background, the point is the whole of South africa would refer to him as coloured. I've yet to meet coloured people that are upset they're referred to as coloured. Granted Trevor is from joburg and now is the shining beacon of merican corporatized identity politics, but I've actually hung out with him and played soccer with him, and he has no problem identifying as a coloured south African

  • @mnmeskc848
    @mnmeskc848 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    N.B. "Coloured" or "Black" in South Africa isn't so much about being mixed or not mixed, but about having heritage in the creolised cultures of Cape slave + indentured Khoekhoe descended communities, rather than the surviving Indigenous Bantu-speaking majority cultures. Our enslaved ancestors were a diverse group of Africans and Asians, so, together with our Indigenous Khoekhoe ancestors, our ancestry is "mixed", but it's not "mixing" itself that's the origin of the Coloured-Black distinctions in South Africa, it's the history of slavery and land dispossession in the Cape Colony - hence the use of Cape Coloured/Cape Malay. Though it's possible e.g. Afro-descendant Americans visiting Cape Town might actually be mistaken for Coloured locals, no one who's not from these cultural heritages/experiences, esp. not anyone from outside South Africa, should be expected to identify as "racially" Coloured . Not even South Africans from biracial families (where neither side is Coloured) would typically identify as Coloured.
    P.S. Cape Malay is one of the sub-cultural Coloured/Creole identities defined by the community's adherence to Islam and are descendants of people enslaved at the Cape the same as the Coloured Christian majority.

    • @tpmash
      @tpmash ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are indegenous to Cape Town not the entire South Africa. Batswana people have Khoi roots! My gran was Motswana, fair skin and features of a Khoikhoi. Check the Batswana culture and Basarwa(Khoikhoi) very similar. She was a bit of both! Northern cape people are mostly Batswana! Khoikhoi descended from Namibia, they’re still there in their original form! You are indigenous to Cape Town, not ALL of South Africa!
      All other tribes were there, That’s why you can’t claim to be indigenous In KZN. Don’t erase Africans from Africa! We ALL ABORIGINALS IN THIS CONTINENT! Including Cape Town! Cape Town isn’t a country AND WILL NEVER BE!

    • @mrt6610
      @mrt6610 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tpmash these people are trying so hard to exclude themselves from being called black or African rather European that's why the country don't take them serious economically, even the Europeans here couldn't give a damn about them.

    • @mrt6610
      @mrt6610 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dude no afro descendant would wanna be identified as coloured take off your backward apartheid blinkers, the world coloured was just a term to further cause divisions amongst Africans, yes I understand there are Asians that came over as slaves they should be identified as such Asians. Most of you have no relation with Boers and Asian ancestry hence you find people that look like the majority of your community in most indigenous groups such as batswana, Sotho who share the same culture as Khoisan people.

    • @mnmeskc848
      @mnmeskc848 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tpmash What are you talking about? I said Coloured people have Indigenous roots. Our enslaved ancestors have other diverse African roots. We also have enslaved ancestors with diverse Asian roots. And all those lineages met in the Cape Colony through colonisation. That cultural and social experience is what the colonial governments used to separate Coloured identities from Black identities, despite is sharing the same Indigenous African roots with the majority of Black South Africans (who you can also find have some Asian ancestry in their communities from escaped Cape slaves already). Who wants Cape Town to be a separate country? Not me.

    • @mnmeskc848
      @mnmeskc848 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrt6610 Yes. Because it wasn't the colonial governments who set up the different classifications and used that to indoctrinate e.g. anti-Blackness in Coloured communities. No. Coloured people did that all to themselves. Where did I say anything about not being Black or African? Or is there a comment here I can't see? This is the history of what happened in the Cape Colony where the colonisation of South Africa started and why Coloured as a identity exists today. Our Khoekhoe ancestors had their land and cattle taken away, they were separated from their cultures and languages settler farms, our enslaved ancestors were themselves stolen from what's today Nigeria, Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh and Indonesia and many other places still in Africa and Asia. That's the good, the bad and the ugly of our heritage. It's a heritage we share not just with other Black South Africans (many slaves escaped the Cape Colony and went to live with amaXhosa, Khoekhoe and Batswana too), but with the African diaspora in the Americas and the Indian Ocean. Go bother someone who actually doesn't know their Black history and embrace their African origins. Thanks. 👍🏼

  • @andrewtheologo1268
    @andrewtheologo1268 ปีที่แล้ว

    I hope you had a gatsby in Cape Town and a bunny chow in Durban?

  • @isaquemoura8788
    @isaquemoura8788 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dream is to living there one day

  • @michaeltaylor8835
    @michaeltaylor8835 ปีที่แล้ว

    Be careful on the mountain

  • @imolinar76
    @imolinar76 ปีที่แล้ว

    how did you find the safety in South Africa compared to Colombia?

  • @ThatSocialloner
    @ThatSocialloner ปีที่แล้ว

    Are you still here? Im here now and chilling. let me buy you a drink.

  • @martinshelton1247
    @martinshelton1247 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.?