Bo-Kaap residents are calling for increased police visibility in the area throughout the year and not merely “during the holiday season” following a spike in violent crimes. The community, known as a ...

Party positions on the Israel-Hamas war and community development in Bo-Kaap were top of the mind among residents of the country’s oldest Muslim settlement during a heated election debate on Tuesday, ...

Bo-Kaap, the inner city suburb in the Cape Town CBD, had been faced with issues of high increases in water and property rates, and the prospect of gentrification that could damage the heritage of the ...

The Slamse Buurt, Schotcheskloof, the Malay Quarter … the colourful Cape Malay district set at the foot of Signal Hill has had many names over the years. Now known as Bo-Kaap, this culturally rich ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cape Town, South Africa – Just after sunrise, the call to prayer drifts across a community at the foot of Cape Town’s Table ...

Historic beginnings: Dating back to the 1760s, Bo-Kaap’s first houses were built for slaves from Malaysia, Indonesia, and ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — In the small, colorful community of Bo-Kaap, people with cameras snap photos in every street. It’s an Instagram favorite. Curious tourists amble between the narrow roads, ...

The Bo-Kaap Civic and Ratepayers Association says it is optimistic about proposed redevelopment plans for the Strand Street Quarry. The quarry, one of three quarries in the Bo-Kaap and a national ...

Pick n Pay has agreed to rename a store in Cape Town after Bo-Kaap residents protested that the existing name was “insensitive”. Residents descended on the store on Friday, demanding it be renamed ...