It was only in 1795 that permission was granted to build the Masjied Auwal - Arabic for "first mosque" in the Bo-Kaap. This establishment was not only of religious importance, but also provided a nucleus of social, community and cultural development. A group identity was established and a cohesive community evolved.

When Capetonians check their watches and startled pigeons fly - this is a sign that the noon day gun has been fired. Resting on Signal Hill and fired every day except Sunday from a battery on Schottsekloof which is just below the summit of Signal Hill.
The gun signals midday as well as serving as a reminder of those that lost their lives during World War I and II

Special needs: Cable way to Table Mountain is accessible for wheelchairs.
Flanked by Lion's Head and Devil's peak is South Africa's best known landmark Table Mountain. Named by the Portuguese explorer Antonio de Saldanha, this impressive sandstone, shale and granite mountain towers 1086 meters above the city's shoreline and measurers almost three kilometers across its characteristically flat summit. On a clear day the mountain can be seen from as far away as 200 kilometers out at sea.
The best known feature is the "tablecloth" which is a moist blanket of cloud that gathers over the north face of the mountain when the notorious South-Easter wind blows over the peninsula.
Table Mountain is home to some 3 000 indigenous floral species of which the Silver Tree and the lovely wild orchid Disa uniflora are perhaps the best known. Among the fauna one can encounter rock-rabbits (dassie), baboons, porcupine, duiker, tortoise, grysbok, lynx, the Himalayan tahr and the indigenous sugarbird.
More than two million visitors ascend Table Mountain each year.