Talk:Cape Town

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{{ping|Wesley olis}} you have communicated with me via email to complain about [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cape_Town&diff=prev&oldid=1180438052 this edit]. Such discussions should be held on the talk page of the article and not by email.

I removed a large accumulation of external links in keeping with the policy WP:LINKFARM ("Wikipedia is not ... a repository of links") and Wikipedia:External links. There are, no doubt, hundreds of thousands of links potentially relevant to Cape Town but we don't list them all at the end of the article.

If you disagree with my edit you can revert it and then further discussion can take place here amongst the editors of this article. See WP:Bold, revert, discuss. - htonl (talk) 19:04, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

I think the post-aparthied history section of this article is a bit of a mess. It seems to contain significant content that is not, yet, history and is very much a part of the present. There are at least two passages that likley should be moved to other, better suited, sections of the article. Such as:

:"The Democratic Alliance (DA), a liberal political party which came to power in Cape Town in 2006, has been credited with improving bureaucratic efficiency, public safety and fostering economic development. Opinion polls show that South Africans see it as the best governed province and city in the country. Of South Africa’s 257 municipalities, only 38 received a clean financial audit in 2022 from the Auditor-General. Of those, 21 were in the Western Cape. "

This section should rather be moved to the politics section, it is not yet history but seems more like current affairs.

And:

:"The legacy of apartheid's spatial planning is still evident, with significant disparities between affluent areas and impoverished townships. 60% of the city's population live in townships and informal settlements far from the city centre. The legacy of Apartheid means Cape Town remains one of the most racially segregated cities in South Africa. Many Black South Africans continue to live in informal settlements with limited access to basic services such as healthcare, education, and sanitation. The unemployment rate remains high at 23% (though nearly 10 points lower than the nationwide average), particularly among historically disadvantaged groups, and economic opportunities are unevenly distributed."

This section should rather be moved to either the Infrastructure and services section or the Geography section of the article, also because it is current affairs and not yet history. -- Discott (talk) 19:30, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

:I agree mostly with the first point as the content discussed is very current affairs-specific, but I feel like the part about apartheid's present-day impacts belongs at the end of the History section as a sort of segue. It should be made more specific and historically-focused, sure, but at its heart it is about a historical period and its impacts on present-day Cape Town. That portion also wouldn't fit well with any other content currently in the Geography or Infrastructure and Services sections (not necessarily a reason to keep in History, but still worth mentioning). SunTunnels (talk) 02:19, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

A couple classmates and I saw that the economic information and population information is outdated on the article. We plan to update this information and add more information on how the economy is composed.

@Sebedits

@LennonEdits Skodimala (talk) 21:05, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

:That sounds great! Just please make sure to properly reference your changes. Good luck, and please feel free to ask if you need any assistance with the task. Janneman27 (talk) 22:03, 2 April 2025 (UTC)