False Bay is a body of water in the Atlantic Ocean between the mountainous Cape Peninsula and the Hottentots Holland Mountains in the extreme south-west of South Africa. The mouth of the bay faces south and is demarcated by Cape Point to the west and Cape Hangklip to the east. The north side of the bay is the low-lying Cape Flats. Much of the bay is on the coast of the City of Cape Town, and it includes part of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area and the whole of the Helderberg Marine Protected Area. This photo is Cape Point is situated within the Table Mountain National Park, within a section of the Park referred to as Cape of Good Hope. This section covers the whole of the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula.
The good news for the day is that the six fishermen who were reported missing at the weekend have been found unharmed. This is thanks to a massive and costly rescue effort which is often overlooked and unappreciated.
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The Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill was signed on 29 October 2024 by President Cyril Ramaphosa marking the transition of the Bill to an...
Written by Professor Emeritus Doug Butterworth, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town
Earlier this year, in an article in the Daily...
