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Paloma

Paloma

Cape Town

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Portuguese

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English

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Spanish

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Italian

My favorite topics

Music, languages and learning random stuff ^...

My language exchange partner is

Where are them curious and talkative folks?

My learning goals

I'd like to improve my poor Spanish and I can also help you with Portuguese and English :) I'm an experienced teacher - 10 years!

Jacques

Jacques

Cape Town

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English

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Afrikaans

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Greek

Ideal language community partner

Anyone willing to have a conversation and teach...

My learning goals

Improve my language skills.

My favorite topics

History. Languages. Travelling. Religion. Nature.

Albertina

Albertina

Cape Town

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English

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Dutch

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Afrikaans

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French

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Japanese

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International Sign Language

My learning goals

To fluently read, write and speak the language of my choice...

My favorite topics

Sewing, animation, art, DnD, animals, books etc.

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who likes all sorts of topics and enjoys discovering new things, places and people.

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172

Portuguese speakers in Cape Town

Nomfundo

Nomfundo

Cape Town

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South Ndebele

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English

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Zulu

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Spanish

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Portuguese

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Italian

My favorite topics

Anything interestin...

Perfect language exchange partner

Great sense of humour and welcoming

My learning goals

Learning a wide range of languages

Rodrigo

Rodrigo

Cape Town

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Portuguese

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English

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

Anybody that have the idea to serve people and improve the world...

My learning goals

Improve English and Spanish.

My favorite topics

Sustentability, meditation, better world, share, sports, travel...

Arthur

Arthur

Cape Town

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Akan

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French

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Emoji

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Chinese (Traditional)

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English

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Italian

My learning goals

La Perfection...

My favorite topics

Tous types de sujets.

My language exchange partner is

Ouverte d'esprit, positif, Humble, Perfectionniste.

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Adriaan

Adriaan

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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French

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Russian

My favorite topics

Computer Programmer | Gamer | Crypto & Blockhain enthusiast |...

Ideal language community partner

I enjoy chatting with people. Getting to know others. Even if it is just helping people with English. LGBTQ+ friendly people️‍. I love learning about other cultures and ways of being oneself.

My learning goals

I want to improve my listening skills in my target languages that I’m learning. But mostly I just want to make some friends and have some great conversations with folks.

M i l o

M i l o

Cape Town

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English

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Romanian

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Arabic

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Spanish

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Turkish

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Czech

Ideal conversation exchange partner

who interested in deep conversation. please dont write me reference,...

My learning goals

not limited in languages learning. my goal is to be tougher and stronger person, gain more experience of life, and explore so many abandoned islands

My favorite topics

culture, language, nature, sunset. i travel for living, and i live for traveling. i move to different countries and continents in every week. next on my list for this summer:

Quintin

Quintin

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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English

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Emoji

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French

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Spanish

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Italian

My learning goals

C1 en français | Español nivel conversación | Want to learn some...

My favorite topics

Clouds | Sunsets | Travel | Coffee | Wine | Music | Ice Cream | Sport | Languages | Cities | Personalities | Helping others develop themselves | Profound conversations

Perfect language exchange partner

Friendly, open-minded, curious people who are open to discuss different topics. I love helping others to learn languages I speak. Let's chat!

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Chelsey

Chelsey

Cape Town

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English

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Afrikaans

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Xhosa

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Spanish

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German

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Korean

My favorite topics

K-dramas, books, everyday lif...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who understands that I can't be on my phone twenty four hours a day since I'm a busy university student. I like people who are not shy and are not afraid to correct my mistakes.

My learning goals

I want to become conversationally fluent in Korean by chatting with native speakers.

Xhasi

Xhasi

Cape Town

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Xhosa

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Afrikaans

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Southern Sotho

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English

My language exchange partner is

Are enthusiastic, love learning new thing...

My learning goals

Speak fluently in any language i want to learn or maybe able to have a decent conversation with someone.

My favorite topics

Coding, environmental issues, history, science (physics, quantum mechanics, mechatronics), social issues.

Erik

Erik

Cape Town

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German

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English

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Spanish

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Persian

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Turkish

My learning goals

improve my english and learn some other languages :...

My favorite topics

I love it to travel that’s why I prefer to talk about travel :) but i also like to talk about music, sport , art , philosophy and psychology :)

Ideal language community partner

doesn't matter! important is to meet people from all over the world and learn some basics from all languages :)

Aria

Aria uses Tandem in preparation for her student exchange program.

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"​​I've been using this app for years! Before Tandem, I could barely even string a sentence together in French and now I can speak it without even thinking!"

Mara

Mara

Cape Town

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Italian

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English

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Spanish

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French

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

I like to apply what I know, share it and learn something new...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Anybody who wants to share their amazing story.

My learning goals

Reach C1 - effective operational proficiency in Spanish and French (Common European Framework for Languages) in simple words improve my Spanish and French to a proficient level or close to.

Benjamin

Benjamin

Cape Town

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English

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Spanish

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Portuguese

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Italian

Perfect language exchange partner

Someone who is friendly, talkative and willing to help me reach...

My learning goals

I want to be fluent in many languages so that I can talk to many people from around the world with ease!

My favorite topics

Culture, religion, life

Adam

Adam

Cape Town

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English

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Portuguese

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German

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Dutch

My learning goals

I want to be able to hold a basic conversation :-...

My favorite topics

I like spending time outdoors, fitness, always learning :-)

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who is chilled, fun and has patience. I'm just starting out :-)

Azaad

Azaad

Cape Town

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English

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Afrikaans

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Pashto

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Chechen

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German

My favorite topics

Food, Languages, Touring, hiking, cultures, histor...

My language exchange partner is

Females and males that speak Russian, Chechen, Spanish, English

My learning goals

I want to learn how to speak Russian

Mitchell

Mitchell

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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English

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French

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Icelandic

Ideal language community partner

Kind, patient, open-minded, introverted...

My learning goals

I would like to become fluent in French, Korean and Russian. I am mostly-focused on French now (for university).

My favorite topics

I’m pretty much interested in everything, except sports (gross, no offense). I like art & I like learning about languages and how it affects the way people perceive things in life. I also love films! (especially if it was directed by Aronofsky or Nolan).

vindy

vindy

Cape Town

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Chinese (Simplified)

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English

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Emoji

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Spanish

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French

My learning goals

Fluent my english and improve Spanish...

My favorite topics

#Native Chinese #English teacher #Traveller #Foodie

Ideal conversation exchange partner

People who travels a lot, speaks fluent English or Spanish.

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Thandy

Thandy

Cape Town

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Xhosa

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English

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Spanish

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French

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Russian

My favorite topics

My hobbies are reading, dancing, listening to music. I'm passionate...

Perfect language exchange partner

Patient, nice and helpful

My learning goals

To be able to communicate with other people who don't speak my native languages.

Núha

Núha

Cape Town

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Arabic

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English

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Korean

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Japanese

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Spanish

I want a conversation partner who is

A kind ,talkative person that would share my interests and communicate...

My learning goals

•Become intermediate in Spanish •Be confident in writing and communicating in Korean

My favorite topics

Series/shows/dramas/movies ,Languages , Music , Science

Alex

Alex

Cape Town

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French

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German

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Italian

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Turkish

My learning goals

I want to learn as much as possible!...

My favorite topics

Travelling, Makeup, decoration, cooking, movies, TVShows,...

My language exchange partner is

I'd like to meet people who are funny, kind, respectful and open minded (and I’m not looking for someone to flirt with lol just in case) ☺️

Daniel

Daniel

Cape Town

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French

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English

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Portuguese

My favorite topics

Politics, music, art, technology, a bit of spirituality, anything...

Ideal language community partner

Open minded, willing to help me improve my Portuguese, willing to introduce me to the culture, funny, interesting, can be weird, honest and real (swear words allowed)

My learning goals

I would like to hold a normal casual easy conversation in Portuguese

Sindi

Sindi

Cape Town

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English

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Korean

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Spanish

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French

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Someone who is funny open minded and knows knows how to have...

My learning goals

To be fluent in writing and speaking

My favorite topics

Mostly music books and nature and food mostly food over books

Keanin

Keanin

Cape Town

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Afrikaans

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English

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Xhosa

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Dutch

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German

My learning goals

I want to be at an beginner to intermediate level in Dutch at...

My favorite topics

I enjoy talking about sports, Physics (astronomy mostly) and Computer Science.

Perfect language exchange partner

A friendly and talkative person. A person that share most of my interests.

Yash

Yash

Cape Town

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English

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Hindi

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Swiss German

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Afrikaans

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German

My favorite topics

Traveling, Music, Movies, History, Entrepreneurshi...

I want a conversation partner who is

Someone who not only helps me with the language but someone I can enjoy conversation with :)

My learning goals

Ability to communicate in day to day life

Jarah

Jarah

Cape Town

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English

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German

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Dothraki

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Valyrian

My language exchange partner is

People who aren't too shy to have actual audio and video conversations....

My learning goals

I would like to improve my knowledge of German and learn phrases and expressions used by native speakers as well as help others with English. Meine Deutschkentnisse verbessern, neue redewendungen lernen und anderen mit Englisch helfen.

My favorite topics

I'm a physics and maths student and a climate activist. I've never been much of a language enthusiast but there is something about the German language that just draws me in. I can't get enough of it.

Wonga Nangu

Wonga Nangu

Cape Town

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English

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Dutch

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French

My learning goals

Speak new languages and meet new and exciting cultured people...

My favorite topics

Travel, reading, spirituality, friendships, business, relationships, outdoor activities, sport, music, fun, entertainment

Ideal language community partner

Kind, honest, open, fun, patient, interesting, friendly and loving

Melissa

Melissa

Cape Town

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English

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Thai

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Spanish

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French

My favorite topics

English language, music, movies, media, linguistics, travel,...

Ideal conversation exchange partner

Attentive, interested, proactive

My learning goals

English language education and learning about other cultures.

Ahmad

Ahmad

Cape Town

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English

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German

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Italian

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Portuguese

Perfect language exchange partner

funny, expressiv...

My learning goals

Learn new cultures

My favorite topics

Travel, sports, politics, food,culture,technology

Brandon

Brandon

Cape Town

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English

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Afrikaans

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Chinese (Simplified)

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Italian

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Spanish

My learning goals

Expressiveness. Pronunciation. Fluency...

My favorite topics

Life. Spirituality. Love.

I want a conversation partner who is

Everybody has there own uniqueness.

Looking for an online language exchange partner in Cape Town, South Africa?

Tandem is the world's largest language exchange app. There are currently 172 Portuguese speakers in Cape Town looking to learn Portuguese together. Download the Tandem app for free to start practicing languages with locals!

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you know how many Tandem members are available for Portuguese language exchange in Cape Town?

In Cape Town there are 172 members ready to have a Portuguese language exchange.

Are there other locations in South Africa other than Cape Town where I can find a Portuguese language exchange partner?

You can also find a Portuguese Tandem partner in Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Vereeniging.

What is the Tandem app all about?

Tandem is a language exchange app where people teach each other their native language. Each month more than 500,000 people visit Tandem with 172 of them coming from Cape Town.


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