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Cape Town's role as the seat of South Africa's Parliament gives it this capital-city designation.

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South Africa distributes national institutions among different cities. Source: Cape Town ↗

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  1. 01Cape Town drivers use this South African word for a traffic light.RECALL
    Robot

    The usage differs from the ordinary machine meaning.

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  2. 02Capetonians use this word for cooking over a fire and the social gathering around it.RECALL
    Braai

    The term comes from Afrikaans.

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  3. 03This low-lying area southeast of central Cape Town became the destination of many apartheid forced removals.RECALL
    Cape Flats

    Sandy terrain characterizes much of the area.

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