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The people and images behind Salaam's Cape Town.

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Bloubergstrand and Table Mountain

South African Tourism from South Africa

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Camps Bay Beach

HelenOnline

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Chapman's Peak Drive

Diego Delso

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Clifton Fourth Beach

HelenOnline

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Kirstenbosch garden

Rainer Halama

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Llandudno Beach

Diriye Amey from Locarno, Switzerland

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Muizenberg seafront

Hilton Teper

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St James tidal pool

Moheen Reeyad

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Auwal Masjid exterior

Sami Mlouhi

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District Six Museum interior

Satdeep Gill

CC BY-SA 4.0

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Kramat of Shaykh Yusuf, Faure

Janek Szymanowski

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Robben Island and Table Bay

M J Hurter

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Tana Baru memorial wall and planting

Nkansahrexford

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Illustration of a fictional pink wall with a deep mint opening and powder-blue sky

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Salaam's Cape Town

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Illustration of a broad powder-blue ledge with a rectangular view of open sky

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Salaam's Cape Town

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Illustration of a mint ledge and an empty ceramic plate

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Illustration of a lilac sill with plain folded cream fabric

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Salaam's Cape Town

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Illustration of a lemon ledge with an open rectangular view of sky

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Salaam's Cape Town

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Illustration of a powder-blue ledge beside an abstract sea plane

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Salaam's Cape Town

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Illustration of a peach ledge with a plain closed notebook

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Salaam's Cape Town

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Illustration of a pink architectural ledge opening onto clear sky

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Salaam's Cape Town

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Illustration of a mint ledge with an empty cream writing surface

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Salaam's Cape Town

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Illustration of a lemon ledge opening onto an abstract blue distance

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Salaam's Cape Town

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Illustration of a peach ledge with an open sky beyond

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Salaam's Cape Town

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The Kramat of Shaykh Yusuf at Faure, photographed in 1988

Janek Szymanowski

CC BY-SA 3.0

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Photograph taken in 1988.

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An aerial view of Robben Island and the surrounding sea

M J Hurter

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The exterior of Auwal Masjid on Dorp Street

Sami Mlouhi

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Illustration of an open gate onto a fictional Cape Town street.

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Salaam's Cape Town

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Illustration of a manuscript and writing desk overlooking a fictional Cape Town street.

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Salaam's Cape Town

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Tana Baru cemetery in a contemporary photograph

Nkansahrexford

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Hanging banners and street signs inside District Six Museum

Satdeep Gill

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Illustration of a quiet study overlooking a fictional Claremont streetscape.

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The Table Mountain cableway station below rocky mountain slopes

Dietmar Rabich

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Paths and planting at Kirstenbosch

Rainer Halama

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Paths and planting in the Babylonstoren garden

Nina R from Africa

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The grain silo before its conversion into Zeitz MOCAA

HelenOnline

CC BY-SA 3.0

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Historical photograph of the grain silos before their conversion into Zeitz MOCAA.

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The V&A Waterfront and harbour buildings

Dietmar Rabich

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An aerial view of Robben Island and the surrounding sea

M J Hurter

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African penguins beside the boulders at Boulders Beach

Dietmar Rabich

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The cliffs and sea at Cape Point

Diego Delso

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Signal Hill and the surrounding Cape Town landscape

kallerna

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The exterior of Auwal Masjid

Sami Mlouhi

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The exterior of Bo-Kaap Museum

LiebeB

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Tana Baru cemetery above the city

Nkansahrexford

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Hanging banners and street signs inside District Six Museum

Satdeep Gill

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The walls and buildings of the Castle of Good Hope

Armineaghayan

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The Kramat of Shaykh Yusuf at Faure

Janek Szymanowski

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Painted houses on Wale Street in Bo-Kaap

Dietmar Rabich

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A kramat on Signal Hill

Daniel Case

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Chapman's Peak Drive following the Atlantic cliffs

Diego Delso

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Muizenberg seafront and the mountain beyond

Hilton Teper

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Noordhoek Beach, South Africa.jpg

Olga Ernst

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Clifton Fourth Beach, with coastal houses and the Atlantic beyond

HelenOnline

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Camps Bay Beach below the mountains

HelenOnline

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Llandudno Beach beside the Atlantic

Diriye Amey from Locarno, Switzerland

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St James tidal pool and the False Bay shore

Moheen Reeyad

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Capetown - Two Oceans Aquarium IMG 9430.JPG

Deror_avi

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Agapornis fischeri -World of Birds-8a.jpg

Mara 1

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Red City Tour 11.jpg

HelenOnline

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An elephant on a track at Aquila Private Game Reserve

Doug Bagg

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Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (20318458068).jpg

South African Tourism from South Africa

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Waves and rocks beside the western edge of Dalebrook tidal pool

Maria John

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Atmospheric Cape Town streetscape

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Atmospheric view of Table Mountain

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Cape Malay table

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Cape Town opening film

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Khayelitsha Township ... (Photo JC PLE) (52679958015).jpg

Bernard DUPONT

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Photograph taken on 9 February 2023. Published by Bernard DUPONT with the title “Khayelitsha Township ... (Photo JC PLE)”. Resized for this site and cropped by the page layout; adaptations remain under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Khayelitsha from the air.JPG

Discott

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Photograph taken on 14 December 2011. Resized for this site; adaptations remain under CC BY-SA 3.0.

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Bobotie South Africa.jpg

Olivier Lemoine

CC BY-SA 4.0

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Food photograph for illustration. It does not show a named restaurant or a confirmed event menu.

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Johannesburg Skyline.jpg

Chris7cn

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Historical Johannesburg skyline photograph, dated 2006 in the source metadata. Used as city context; it does not show the Ummah Tech venue. Cropped and resized. These adaptations are shared under CC BY-SA 3.0.

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The Capetonian Hotel

capetonian.co.za; individual photographer not credited

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Hyatt Regency Cape Town

hyatt.com; individual photographer not credited

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Radisson RED V&A Waterfront

radissonhotels.com; individual photographer not credited

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Radisson Collection Waterfront (formerly Radisson Blu)

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Southern Sun Newlands

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Cape Town Marriott Crystal Towers

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Southern Sun Cape Sun

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The Onyx

newmarkhotels.com; individual photographer not credited

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The Vineyard Hotel

vineyard.co.za; individual photographer not credited

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The President Hotel

presidenthotel.co.za; individual photographer not credited

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Victoria & Alfred Hotel

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Bo-Kaap Kombuis

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Biesmiellah

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Bukhara

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Eastern Food Bazaar

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Mariam's Kitchen

Sam Fourie, Cape Town CCID

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Nouveau Coffee & Grill

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EatStanbul

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The Happy Uncles

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Saray

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Barakat

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Conscious Carnivores

consciouscarnivores.co.za; individual photographer not credited

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Andalousse

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Istanbul Kebab CT

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L.A. Farms

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Bihari

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Sabria's

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Cosy Corner

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Wembley Roadhouse

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The Golden Dish

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Bo-Kaap Deli

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Bo-Kaap Grill

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The Butcher’s Wife

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Zeitz MOCAA, converted grain silos

Hufton + Crow

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Cape Town and Green Point from above

Sharaan Muruvan

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Illustration of a cream coach on a fictional Cape coastal road.

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A grilled meal at Saray Turkish Restaurant, photographed for the V&A Waterfront.

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The Watershed sign and roof at the V&A Waterfront.

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The Victoria Wharf atrium in a 2019 photograph.

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Illustration of fresh produce at a fictional Cape Town harbour market.

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Painted houses on Chiappini Street in Bo-Kaap

Barry haynes

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African penguins at Boulders Beach

Dietmar Rabich

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Cape Town at night from Signal Hill

Antony-22

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The city bowl at night from Signal Hill

Antony-22

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Illustration of a cream coach on a fictional Cape coastal road, heading the other way.

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The South African flag at the V&A Waterfront

Darren Glanville from Acle, Norfolk, UK

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A Palestine solidarity march in Cape Town, June 2025

Ntjalekesi

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