Cape Flats
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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This area, just 20km outside central Cape Town on the Cape Flats, has been whittled down from over 3,000 hectares in the mid-1960s to under 2,000 hectares today.
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2023
Albert Fritz, provincial minister for community safety, says violence on the Cape Flats has been very localised.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2019
A thick, cold mist hung over the Cape Flats during the ceremonies.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
“We haven’t broken through from being the place up on the hill that people on the Cape Flats think doesn’t belong to them.”
From Nature ● Oct. 30, 2018
Soon, we could see the little matchbox houses of the Cape Flats, the gleaming towers of downtown, and the horizontal top of Table Mountain.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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