Helderberg Marine Protected Area

Marine conservation area in the Western Cape in South Africa

Helderberg Marine Protected Area

IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)

Helderberg MPA location

Location| Western Cape, South Africa
Nearest city| Cape Town
Coordinates| 34°05′S 18°47′E﻿ / ﻿34.083°S 18.783°E﻿ / -34.083; 18.783
Area| 24.6 km2 (9.5 sq mi)
Established| 2000
Governing body| City of Cape Town

Helderberg Marine Protected Area (South Africa)

The Helderberg Marine Protected Area is a small marine conservation area on the north-eastern side of False Bay in the Western Cape province of South Africa, It lies between the mouths of the Lourens River in the Strand, and the Eerste River in Macassar.

The Helderberg MPA is in the warm temperate Agulhas bioregion. The shoreline is sandy beach with mobile dunes, and the seabed is low sandstone reef with kelp beds and sand sediments. The areas nearest to the river mouths are in relatively poor condition due to pollution of the river water. The beach inside the MPA is the most pristine part of the north shore of False Bay.[1]

## History[edit]

The area was established as a reserve in 1991.[1] The MPA was proclaimed by the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Mohammed Valli Moosa, in Government Gazette No. 21948 of 29 December 2000 in terms section 43 of the Marine Natural Resources Act, 18 of 1998.[2]

## Purpose[edit]

See also: Marine protected area

A marine protected area is defined by the IUCN as "A clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values".[3]

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## Extent[edit]

The length of the protected shoreline is 4 km, and the area of protected ocean is 24.6 km2.

### Zonation[edit]

The whole MPA is a no-take reserve.[4]

### Boundaries[edit]

* Northern boundary is the high-water mark,[2]
* Southern boundary is a line 500 m seawards of the high-water mark.[2]
* Western boundary is a line at 180° true from the mouth of the Eerste River,[2]
* Eastern boundary is a line at 180° true from the mouth of the Lourens River, in False Bay.[2]

## Management[edit]

.[1] The marine protected areas of South Africa are the responsibility of the national government, which has management agreements with a variety of MPA management authorities, in this case, the MPA is managed by the City of Cape Town with funding from the SA Government through the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA).[3]

The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is responsible for issuing permits, quotas and law enforcement.[5]

Management of the Helderberg MPA has objectives compliant with the general objectives of the Marine Living Resources Act, which are to protect the indigenous fauna and flora and the environment on which they depend, protect breeding stock, facilitate stock recovery, improve stock in surrounding areas and maintain pristine communities for research, and to minimise conflict between competing uses of the area.[6]

Specific biophysical goals of the MPA management plan are protection of the environment and maintenance of biodiversity and functioning of the ecosystems, to protect depleted and endemic species and their required habitats, and enhance sustainability of marine fisheries. Socioeconomic goals are to develop non-consumptive ecotourism, provide for research and monitoring effects of human activities, and promotion of conservation among tourists and scholars. The governance goals are to develop legal structures to protect the biodiversity of the MPA.[6]

## Use[edit]

### Activities requiring a permit[edit]

#### Fishing[edit]

Marine species for aquarium usage may only be collected under the authority of a valid permit issued under section 13 of the MLRA. Living organisms may be collected for scientific purposes, but only in terms of a permit.[6]

#### Boating[edit]

There is no boat launching site within the Helderberg MPA. Boats may pass through and anchor in the waters, but all fishing gear must be stowed during passage.[6]

### Prohibited activities[edit]

The MPA is a no-take zone, so no fishing, harvesting of invertebrates or seaweeds, or bait collection of any kind is allowed.[6]

## Geography[edit]

The main habitats in the Helderberg MPA are:

* Sandy beaches, which include the typical three zones:
* the surf zone,
* the beach, with intertidal and backshore zones, and
* the sand dunes.

Sandy beaches are dynamic habitats, with change mostly driven by wave action. These habitats provide a home to hardy and well adapted organisms. The local dunes are part of a mobile dune system in which sand is transported in the littoral and longshore zones and is trapped by vegetation, causing fore-dune development.[6]

### General topography[edit]

The coastline is sandy beaches with mobile dune systems, offshore habitats include rocky reefs and soft sandy sediments.[1]

### Geology[edit]

Low sandstone reefs with sand deposits. Very fine, low density silt may settle during calm periods, but readily becomes suspended again when disturbed.[1][6]

### Bathymetry[edit]

The nautical charts of this area indicate a depth not exceeding 10 m.

### Climate of the South-western Cape[edit]

See also: Climate of South Africa

The climate of the South-western Cape is markedly different from the rest of South Africa, which is a summer rainfall region, receiving most of its rainfall during the summer months of December to February. The South-western Cape has a Mediterranean type climate, with most of its rainfall during the winter months from June to September.

During the summer the dominant factor determining the weather in the region is a high pressure zone, known as the South Atlantic High, located over the South Atlantic ocean to the west of the Cape coast. Winds circulating in an anticlockwise direction from such a system reach the Cape from the south-east, producing periods of up to several days of high winds and mostly clear skies. These winds keep the region relatively cool. Because of its south facing aspect Helderberg MPA is exposed to these winds.

Winter in the South-western Cape is characterised by disturbances in the circumpolar westerly winds, resulting in a series of eastward moving depressions. These bring cool cloudy weather and rain from the north west. The south westerly winds over the South Atlantic produce the prevailing south-westerly swell typical of the winter months, which beat on the exposed coastline.

Temperatures are moderate and range from -5 °C minimum in winter and 35 °C maximum in summer. The annual average minimum and maximum temperatures are 11 °C and 24 °C respectively.[6]

### Seasonal variations in sea conditions[edit]

There are often summer upwelling events, during which water temperatures may drop to 11 °C. Although this area is included in the warm temperate Agulhas bioregion, it is part of the transition between warm and cool temperate regions.[6]

## Ecology[edit]

Marine ecoregions of the South African Exclusive Economic Zone: Helderberg Marine Protected Area i in the Agulhas ecoregion.

This is a productive biologically-diverse area, and has the only population of the giant isopod Tylos granulatus south of Ysterfontein.[1]

The MPA is in the warm temperate Agulhas ecoregion to the east of Cape Point which extends eastwards to the Mbashe River. There are a large proportion of species endemic to South Africa along this coastline.[7][8]

Four major habitats exist in the sea in this region, distinguished by the nature of the substrate. The substrate, or base material, is important in that it provides a base to which an organism can anchor itself, which is vitally important for those organisms which need to stay in one particular kind of place. Rocky shores and reefs provide a firm fixed substrate for the attachment of plants and animals. Some of these may have Kelp forests, which reduce the effect of waves and provide food and shelter for an extended range of organisms. Sandy beaches and bottoms are a relatively unstable substrate and cannot anchor kelp or many of the other benthic organisms. Finally there is open water, above the substrate and clear of the kelp forest, where the organisms must drift or swim. Mixed habitats are also frequently found, which are a combination of those mentioned above.[9]

There are two small degraded estuarine habitats at the borders of the MPA.[6]

Rocky shores and reefs There are rocky reefs and mixed rocky and sandy bottoms. For many marine organisms the substrate is another type of marine organism, and it is common for several layers to co-exist. Examples of this are red bait pods, which are usually encrusted with sponges, ascidians, bryozoans, anemones, and gastropods, and abalone, which are usually covered by similar seaweeds to those found on the surrounding rocks, usually with a variety of other organisms living on the seaweeds.[9]: Ch.2

The type of rock of the reef is of some importance, as it influences the range of possibilities for the local topography, which in turn influences the range of habitats provided, and therefore the diversity of inhabitants. Sandstone and other sedimentary rocks erode and weather very differently, and depending on the direction of dip and strike, and steepness of the dip, may produce reefs which are relatively flat to very high profile and full of small crevices. These features may be at varying angles to the shoreline and wave fronts. There are fewer large holes, tunnels and crevices in sandstone reefs, but often many deep but low near-horizontal crevices.

Sandy beaches and bottoms (including shelly, pebble and gravel bottoms) Sandy bottoms at first glance appear to be fairly barren areas, as they lack the stability to support many of the spectacular reef based species, and the variety of large organisms is relatively low. The sand is continually being moved around by wave action, to a greater or lesser degree depending on weather conditions and exposure of the area. This means that sessile organisms must be specifically adapted to areas of relatively loose substrate to thrive in them, and the variety of species found on a sandy or gravel bottom will depend on all these factors. Sandy bottoms have one important compensation for their instability, animals can burrow into the sand and move up and down within its layers, which can provide feeding opportunities and protection from predation. Other species can dig themselves holes in which to shelter, or may feed by filtering water drawn through the tunnel, or by extending body parts adapted to this function into the water above the sand.[9]: Ch.3

Kelp forests

The open sea

### Marine species diversity[edit]

#### Animals[edit]

The most abundant fauna found on sandy beaches are meiofauna. Their small size lets them live between the sand grains. They include nematodes, copepods and ostracods, which help break down organic matter, which then decomposes. Meiofauna are sensitive to pollution and other disturbances, and can be used to monitor pollution on sandy beaches.[6]

The intertidal zone supports sandhoppers, mole and ghost crabs, plough snails, sand mussels and the African oystercatchers, Kelp gulls, Sanderlings and White-fronted plovers that feed on them.[6]

Offshore, zooplankton and a variety of fish can be found.

##### Key marine fauna for protection[edit]

Linefish:

* Argyrosomus inodorus (silver kob)[6]
* Argyrozona argyrozona (carpenter)[6]
* Atractoscion aequidens (geelbek)[6]
* Chrysoblephus gibbiceps (red stumpnose)[6]
* Chrysoblephus laticeps (roman)[6]
* Dichistius capensis (galjoen)[6]
* Diplodus sargus (blacktail)[6]
* Lithognathus lithognathus (white steenbras)[6]
* Pachymetopon blochii (hottentot)[6]
* Petrus rupestris (red steenbras)[6]
* Polysteganus undulosus (seventy four)[6]
* Scomber japonicus (chub mackerel) [6]
* Seriola lalandi (yellowtail) [6]
* Thyrsites atun (snoek)[6]
* Umbrina canariensis (belman/baardman)[6]

Elasmobranchs:

* Mustelus mustelus (smoothhound shark)[6]
* Notorynchus cepedianus (spotted sevengill shark)[6]
* Triakis megalopterus (spotted gulley shark)[6]

Birds:

* Haematopus moquini (African oystercatcher)[6]
* Phalacrocorax capensis (Cape cormorant)[6]
* Phalacrocorax neglectus (bank cormorant)[6]

Invertebrates:

* Haliotis midae (perlemoen)[6]
* Jasus lalandii (West coast rock lobster)[6]
* Parechinus angulosus (Cape sea urchin)[6]

#### Seaweeds[edit]

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#### Endemism[edit]

The MPA is in the warm temperate Agulhas ecoregion to the east of Cape Point which extends eastwards to the Mbashe River. There are a large proportion of species endemic to South Africa along this coastline.[7][8]

#### Alien invasive species[edit]

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## Threats[edit]

Urban development in the fore-dune zone tends to be inundated by windblown sand. Artificial dune stabilisation and removal of fore-dunes for development can deplete the sand available for beach functioning. Pollution in by plastic and oil spills is a permanent threat if left unchecked. No specific research has been done on the threats to invertebrates in the MPA.[6]

## See also[edit]

Marine protected areas of South Africa[10][11]

* List of protected areas of South Africa – Areas protected for conservation in South Africa
* Marine protected areas of South Africa – Protected areas of coastline or ocean in the EEZ of South Africa

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f "Helderberg". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
2. ^ a b c d e Declaration of areas as Marine Protected Areas: Government Notice R1429 in Government Gazette 21948 (PDF). 29 December 2000. Retrieved 19 January 2019 - via Centre for Environmental Rights.
3. ^ a b "Marine Protected Areas". World Wildlife Fund. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
4. ^ "Helderberg Marine Protected Area". MPAtlas.org. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
5. ^ "Marine Protected Area". Retrieved 26 May 2018.
6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak "Chapter 21: Helderberg Marine Protected Area Management Plan" (PDF). mpaforum.org.za. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
7. ^ a b Jones, Georgina (2008). A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula. Cape Town: SURG. ISBN 978-0-620-41639-9.
8. ^ a b Sink, K.; Harris, J.; Lombard, A. (October 2004). Appendix 1. South African marine bioregions (PDF). South African National Spatial Biodiversity Assessment 2004: Technical Report Vol. 4 Marine Component DRAFT (Report). pp. 97–109.
9. ^ a b c Branch, G.M.; Branch, M.L. (1985). The Living Shores of Southern Africa (3rd impression ed.). Cape Town: C. Struik. ISBN 0 86977 115 9.
10. ^ "MPA Declarations" (PDF). Regulation Gazette No. 42478. 647 (10177). Pretoria: Government Printer. 23 May 2019.
11. ^ "Protected Areas Register". dffeportal.environment.gov.za. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Helderberg MPA Management plan
* National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, No. 24 of 2008
* National Eenvironmental Management: Protected Areas Act 2003
* National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 10 of 2004

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* Afrotropical realm
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National taxon checklists

| Plants|

* Conifers
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| Flowering
plants|

* Acorales
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Animals|

* Ascidians
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Insects|

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* Stoneflies
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* Termites
* Thrips
* True bugs
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Molluscs|

* Non-marine molluscs
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* Marine gastropods
* Marine heterobranch gastropods

Vertebrates|

* Amphibians
* Birds
* Freshwater fishes
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Related|

* List of bacteria of South Africa
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* List of slime moulds of South Africa
* List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes
* List of botanists by author abbreviation

Regional taxon checklists and other minor lists

* List of marine invertebrates of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay
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* List of green seaweeds of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay
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Biodiversity hotspots and Centres of diversity

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* Maputaland-Pondoland Region

Ecoregions

* List of ecoregions in South Africa

| Tropical and subtropical
moist broadleaf forests|

* Knysna–Amatole montane forests
* KwaZulu–Cape coastal forest mosaic
* Maputaland coastal forest mosaic

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Tropical and subtropical grasslands,
savannas, and shrublands|

* Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
* Southern Africa bushveld
* Zambezian and mopane woodlands

Montane grasslands
and shrublands|

* Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands
* Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
* Highveld grasslands
* Maputaland–Pondoland bushland and thickets

Mediterranean forests,
woodlands, and scrub|

* Albany thickets
* Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
* Montane fynbos and renosterveld

Deserts and xeric shrublands|

* Kalahari xeric savanna
* Nama Karoo
* Succulent Karoo

Tundra|

* Southern Indian Ocean Islands tundra

Mangroves|

* Southern Africa mangroves

Marine ecoregions|

* Agulhas ecoregion
* Benguela ecoregion
* Delagoa ecoregion
* Natal ecoregion
* Southeast Atlantic ecoregion
* Southwest Indian ecoregion

Biomes and Vegetation classification

* List of vegetation types of South Africa

| Savanna|

* Andesite Mountain Bushveld
* Aoub Duneveld
* Barberton Serpentine Sourveld
* Bhisho Thornveld
* Cathedral Mopane Bushveld
* Central Sandy Bushveld
* Delagoa Lowveld
* Dwaalboom Thornveld
* Dwarsberg-Swartruggens Mountain Bushveld
* Eastern Valley Bushveld
* Gabbro Grassy Bushveld
* Gauteng Shale Mountain Bushveld
* Ghaap Plateau Vaalbosveld
* Gold Reef Mountain Bushveld
* Gordonia Duneveld
* Gordonia Kameeldoring Bushveld
* Gordonia Plains Shrubland
* Granite Lowveld
* Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld
* Kaalrug Mountain Bushveld
* Kathu Bushveld
* Kimberley Thornveld
* Koranna-Langeberg Mountain Bushveld
* Kuruman Mountain Bushveld
* Kuruman Thornveld
* Kuruman Vaalbosveld
* KwaZulu-Natal Hinterland Thornveld
* KwaZulu-Natal Sandstone Sourveld
* Lebombo Summit Sourveld
* Legogote Sour Bushveld
* Limpopo Ridge Bushveld
* Limpopo Sweet Bushveld
* Loskop Mountain Bushveld
* Loskop Thornveld
* Lowveld Rugged Mopaneveld
* Madikwe Dolomite Bushveld
* Mafikeng Bushveld
* Makatini Clay Thicket
* Makhado Sweet Bushveld
* Makuleke Sandy Bushveld
* Malelane Mountain Bushveld
* Mamabolo Mountain Bushveld
* Marikana Thornveld
* Molopo Bushveld
* Moot Plains Bushveld
* Mopane Basalt Shrubland
* Mopane Gabbro Shrubland
* Musina Mopane Bushveld
* Ngongoni Veld
* Norite Koppies Bushveld
* Northern Lebombo Bushveld
* Northern Zululand Sourveld
* Nossob Bushveld
* Nwambyia-Pumbe Sandy Bushveld
* Ohrigstad Mountain Bushveld
* Olifantshoek Plains Thornveld
* Phalaborwa-Timbavati Mopaneveld
* Pilanesberg Mountain Bushveld
* Polokwane Plateau Bushveld
* Postmasburg Thornveld
* Poung Dolomite Mountain Bushveld
* Pretoriuskop Sour Bushveld
* Roodeberg Bushveld
* Schmidtsdrif Thornveld
* Schweizer-Reneke Bushveld
* Sekhukhune Mountain Bushveld
* Sekhukhune Plains Bushveld
* South Eastern Coastal Thornveld
* Southern Lebombo Bushveld
* Soutpansberg Mountain Bushveld
* Springbokvlakte Thornveld
* Stella Bushveld
* Swaziland Sour Bushveld
* Tembe Sandy Bushveld
* Thukela Thornveld
* Thukela Valley Bushveld
* Tsende Mopaneveld
* Tshokwane-Hlane Basalt Lowveld
* Tzaneen Sour Bushveld
* Vaalbos Rocky Shrubland
* VhaVenda Miombo
* Waterberg Mountain Bushveld
* Western Maputaland Clay Bushveld
* Western Maputaland Sandy Bushveld
* Western Sandy Bushveld
* Zeerust Thornveld
* Zululand Coastal Thornveld
* Zululand Lowveld

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Grassland|

* Aliwal North Dry Grassland
* Amathole Mistbelt Grassland
* Amathole Montane Grassland
* Amersfoort Highveld Clay Grassland
* Barberton Montane Grassland
* Basotho Montane Shrubland
* Bedford Dry Grassland
* Besemkaree Koppies Shrubland
* Bloemfontein Dry Grassland
* Bloemfontein Karroid Shrubland
* Carletonville Dolomite Grassland
* Central Free State Grassland
* Drakensberg Afroalpine Heathland
* Drakensberg Foothill Moist Grassland
* Drakensberg-Amathole Afromontane Fynbos
* East Griqualand Grassland
* Eastern Free State Clay Grassland
* Eastern Free State Sandy Grassland
* Eastern Highveld Grassland
* Egoli Granite Grassland
* Frankfort Highveld Grassland
* Income Sandy Grassland
* Ithala Quartzite Sourveld
* KaNgwane Montane Grassland
* Karoo Escarpment Grassland
* Klerksdorp Thornveld
* KwaZulu-Natal Highland Thornveld
* Leolo Summit Sourveld
* Lesotho Highland Basalt Grassland
* Low Escarpment Moist Grassland
* Lydenburg Montane Grassland
* Lydenburg Thornveld
* Mabela Sandy Grassland
* Midlands Mistbelt Grassland
* Mooi River Highland Grassland
* Mthatha Moist Grassland
* Northern Drakensberg Highland Grassland
* Northern Escarpment Afromontane Fynbos
* Northern Escarpment Dolomite Grassland
* Northern Escarpment Quartzite Sourveld
* Northern Free State Shrubland
* Northern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland
* Northern KwaZulu-Natal Shrubland
* Northern Zululand Mistbelt Grassland
* Paulpietersburg Moist Grassland
* Queenstown Thornveld
* Rand Highveld Grassland
* Sekhukhune Montane Grassland
* Senqu Montane Shrubland
* Southern Drakensberg Highland Grassland
* Southern KwaZulu-Natal Moist Grassland
* Soutpansberg Summit Sourveld
* Soweto Highveld Grassland
* Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland
* Stormberg Plateau Grassland
* Strydpoort Summit Sourveld
* Tarkastad Montane Shrubland
* Tsakane Clay Grassland
* Tsomo Grassland
* uKhahlamba Basalt Grassland
* Vaal Reefs Dolomite Sinkhole Woodland
* Vaal-Vet Sandy Grassland
* Vredefort Dome Granite Grassland
* Wakkerstroom Montane Grassland
* Waterberg-Magaliesberg Summit Sourveld
* Western Free State Clay Grassland
* Western Highveld Sandy Grassland
* Western Lesotho Basalt Shrubland
* Winburg Grassy Shrubland
* Wolkberg Dolomite Grassland
* Woodbush Granite Grassland
* Xhariep Karroid Grassland
* Zastron Moist Grassland

Fynbos|

* Agulhas Limestone Fynbos
* Agulhas Sand Fynbos
* Albertinia Sand Fynbos
* Algoa Sandstone Fynbos
* Atlantis Sand Fynbos
* Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos
* Boland Granite Fynbos
* Breede Alluvium Fynbos
* Breede Quartzite Fynbos
* Breede Sand Fynbos
* Breede Shale Fynbos
* Canca Limestone Fynbos
* Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
* Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos
* Cederberg Sandstone Fynbos
* Central Coastal Shale Band Vegetation
* Central Inland Shale Band Vegetation
* De Hoop Limestone Fynbos
* Eastern Coastal Shale Band Vegetation
* Eastern Inland Shale Band Vegetation
* Elgin Shale Fynbos
* Elim Ferricrete Fynbos
* Garden Route Granite Fynbos
* Garden Route Shale Fynbos
* Graafwater Sandstone Fynbos
* Greyton Shale Fynbos
* Grootrivier Quartzite Fynbos
* Hangklip Sand Fynbos
* Hawequas Sandstone Fynbos
* Hopefield Sand Fynbos
* Kamiesberg Granite Fynbos
* Kango Conglomerate Fynbos
* Knysna Sand Fynbos
* Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos
* Kouebokkeveld Alluvium Fynbos
* Kouebokkeveld Shale Fynbos
* Kouga Grassy Sandstone Fynbos
* Kouga Sandstone Fynbos
* Leipoldtville Sand Fynbos
* Loerie Conglomerate Fynbos
* Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos
* Matjiesfontein Quartzite Fynbos
* Matjiesfontein Shale Fynbos
* Montagu Shale Fynbos
* Namaqualand Sand Fynbos
* North Hex Sandstone Fynbos
* North Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos
* North Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos
* North Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos
* North Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos
* North Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos
* North Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos
* Northern Inland Shale Band Vegetation
* Olifants Sandstone Fynbos
* Overberg Sandstone Fynbos
* Peninsula Granite Fynbos
* Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos
* Piketberg Sandstone Fynbos
* Potberg Ferricrete Fynbos
* Potberg Sandstone Fynbos
* Robertson Granite Fynbos
* South Hex Sandstone Fynbos
* South Kammanassie Sandstone Fynbos
* South Langeberg Sandstone Fynbos
* South Outeniqua Sandstone Fynbos
* South Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos
* South Sonderend Sandstone Fynbos
* South Swartberg Sandstone Fynbos
* Southern Cape Dune Fynbos
* Stinkfonteinberge Quartzite Fynbos
* Suurberg Quartzite Fynbos
* Suurberg Shale Fynbos
* Swartberg Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos
* Swartberg Shale Fynbos
* Swartland Alluvium Fynbos
* Swartruggens Quartzite Fynbos
* Swellendam Silcrete Fynbos
* Tsitsikamma Sandstone Fynbos
* Western Altimontane Sandstone Fynbos
* Western Coastal Shale Band Vegetation
* Winterhoek Sandstone Fynbos

Renosterveld|

* Baviaanskloof Shale Renosterveld
* Breede Alluvium Renosterveld
* Breede Shale Renosterveld
* Central Mountain Shale Renosterveld
* Central Ruêns Shale Renosterveld
* Ceres Shale Renosterveld
* Eastern Ruêns Shale Renosterveld
* Hantam Plateau Dolerite Renosterveld
* Humansdorp Shale Renosterveld
* Kango Limestone Renosterveld
* Langkloof Shale Renosterveld
* Matjiesfontein Shale Renosterveld
* Montagu Shale Renosterveld
* Mossel Bay Shale Renosterveld
* Namaqualand Granite Renosterveld
* Nieuwoudtville Shale Renosterveld
* Nieuwoudtville-Roggeveld Dolerite Renosterveld
* Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
* Robertson Granite Renosterveld
* Roggeveld Shale Renosterveld
* Ruêns Silcrete Renosterveld
* Swartberg Shale Renosterveld
* Swartland Alluvium Renosterveld
* Swartland Granite Renosterveld
* Swartland Shale Renosterveld
* Swartland Silcrete Renosterveld
* Uniondale Shale Renosterveld
* Vanrhynsdorp Shale Renosterveld
* Western Ruêns Shale Renosterveld

Succulent
Karoo|

* Aggeneys Gravel Vygieveld
* Agter-Sederberg Shrubland
* Anenous Plateau Shrubland
* Bushmanland Inselberg Shrubland
* Central Knersvlakte Vygieveld
* Central Richtersveld Mountain Shrubland
* Citrusdal Vygieveld
* Die Plate Succulent Shrubland
* Doringrivier Quartzite Karoo
* Eastern Little Karoo
* Eenriet Plains Succulent Shrubland
* Goariep Mountain Succulent Shrubland
* Hantam Karoo
* Kamiesberg Mountains Shrubland
* Klawer Sandy Shrubland
* Knersvlakte Dolomite Vygieveld
* Knersvlakte Quartz Vygieveld
* Knersvlakte Shale Vygieveld
* Koedoesberge-Moordenaars Karoo
* Kosiesberg Succulent Shrubland
* Lekkersing Succulent Shrubland
* Little Karoo Quartz Vygieveld
* Namaqualand Arid Grassland
* Namaqualand Blomveld
* Namaqualand Coastal Duneveld
* Namaqualand Heuweltjie Strandveld
* Namaqualand Heuweltjieveld
* Namaqualand Inland Duneveld
* Namaqualand Klipkoppe Shrubland
* Namaqualand Shale Shrubland
* Namaqualand Spinescent Grassland
* Namaqualand Strandveld
* Northern Knersvlakte Vygieveld
* Northern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld
* Northern Richtersveld Yellow Duneveld
* Oograbies Plains Sandy Grassland
* Piketberg Quartz Succulent Shrubland
* Platbakkies Succulent Shrubland
* Prince Albert Succulent Karoo
* Richtersveld Coastal Duneveld
* Richtersveld Red Duneveld
* Richtersveld Sandy Coastal Scorpionstailveld
* Riethuis-Wallekraal Quartz Vygieveld
* Robertson Karoo
* Roggeveld Karoo
* Rooiberg Quartz Vygieveld
* Rosyntjieberg Succulent Shrubland
* Southern Namaqualand Quartzite Klipkoppe Shrubland
* Southern Richtersveld Inselberg Shrubland
* Southern Richtersveld Scorpionstailveld
* Southern Richtersveld Yellow Duneveld
* Steytlerville Karoo
* Stinkfonteinberge Eastern Apron Shrubland
* Swartruggens Quartzite Karoo
* Tanqua Escarpment Shrubland
* Tanqua Karoo
* Tatasberg Mountain Succulent Shrubland
* Umdaus Mountains Succulent Shrubland
* Upper Annisvlakte Succulent Shrubland
* Vanrhynsdorp Gannabosveld
* Vyftienmyl se Berge Succulent Shrubland
* Western Bushmanland Klipveld
* Western Gwarrieveld
* Western Little Karoo
* Willowmore Gwarrieveld

Albany
Thicket
and
Strandveld|

* Albany Arid Thicket
* Albany Bontveld
* Albany Mesic Thicket
* Albany Valley Thicket
* Baviaans Valley Thicket
* Bethelsdorp Bontveld
* Blombos Strandveld
* Buffels Mesic Thicket
* Buffels Valley Thicket
* Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
* Crossroads Grassland Thicket
* Doubledrift Karroid Thicket
* Eastern Gwarrieveld
* Elands Forest Thicket
* Escarpment Arid Thicket
* Escarpment Mesic Thicket
* Escarpment Valley Thicket
* Fish Arid Thicket
* Fish Mesic Thicket
* Fish Valley Thicket
* Gamka Arid Thicket
* Gamka Valley Thicket
* Geluk Grassland Thicket
* Goukamma Dune Thicket
* Gouritz Valley Thicket
* Grahamstown Grassland Thicket
* Grassridge Bontveld
* Groot Brak Dune Strandveld
* Hamburg Dune Thicket
* Hartenbos Dune Thicket
* Kasouga Dune Thicket
* Koedoeskloof Karroid Thicket
* Lambert's Bay Strandveld
* Langebaan Dune Strandveld
* Mons Ruber Fynbos Thicket
* Motherwell Karroid Thicket
* Nanaga Savanna Thicket
* Oudshoorn Karroid Thicket
* Overberg Dune Strandveld
* Saldanha Flats Strandveld
* Saldanha Granite Strandveld
* Saldanha Limestone Strandveld
* Saltaire Karroid Thicket
* Sardinia Forest Thicket
* St Francis Dune Thicket
* Subtropical Dune Thicket
* Sundays Arid Thicket
* Sundays Mesic Thicket
* Sundays Valley Thicket
* Thorndale Forest Thicket
* Umtiza Forest Thicket
* Vanstadens Forest Thicket
* Western Gwarrieveld
* Willowmore Gwarrieveld

Nama
Karoo
and
desert|

* Albany Broken Veld
* Blouputs Karroid Thornveld
* Bushmanland Arid Grassland
* Bushmanland Basin Shrubland
* Bushmanland Sandy Grassland
* Eastern Lower Karoo
* Eastern Upper Karoo
* Gamka Karoo
* Kalahari Karroid Shrubland
* Lower Gariep Broken Veld
* Lower Karoo Gwarrieveld
* Northern Upper Karoo
* Upper Karoo Hardeveld
* Western Upper Karoo
* Alexander Bay Coastal Duneveld
* Eastern Gariep Plains Desert
* Eastern Gariep Rocky Desert
* Helskloof Canyon Desert
* Kahams Mountain Desert
* Kwaggarug Mountain Desert
* Namib Lichen Fields
* Noms Mountain Desert
* Northern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert
* Richtersberg Mountain Desert
* Richtersveld Sheet Wash Desert
* Southern Nababiepsberge Mountain Desert
* Western Gariep Hills Desert
* Western Gariep Lowland Desert
* Western Gariep Plains Desert

Azonal|

* Albany Alluvial Vegetation
* Albany Dune Strandveld
* Algoa Dune Strandveld
* Arid Estuarine Salt Marshes
* Bushmanland Vloere
* Cape Estuarine Salt Marshes
* Cape Inland Salt Pans
* Cape Lowland Alluvial Vegetation
* Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetlands
* Cape Seashore Vegetation
* Cape Vernal Pools
* Drakensberg Wetlands
* Eastern Temperate Freshwater Wetlands
* Fynbos Riparian Vegetation
* Highveld Alluvial Vegetation
* Highveld Salt Pans
* Lesotho Mires
* Lower Gariep Alluvial Vegetation
* Muscadel Riviere
* Namaqualand Riviere
* Namaqualand Salt Pans
* Namaqualand Seashore Vegetation
* Namib Seashore Vegetation
* Southern Kalahari Mekgacha
* Southern Kalahari Salt Pans
* Southern Karoo Riviere
* Subantarctic Kelp Bed Vegetation
* Subtropical Alluvial Vegetation
* Subtropical Dune Thicket
* Subtropical Estuarine Salt Marshes
* Subtropical Freshwater Wetlands
* Subtropical Salt Pans
* Subtropical Seashore Vegetation
* Tanqua Wash Riviere
* Upper Gariep Alluvial Vegetation

Forest
and
Coastal
belt|

* KwaZulu-Natal Coastal Belt
* Maputaland Coastal Belt
* Maputaland Wooded Grassland
* Pondoland-Natal Sandstone Coastal Sourveld
* Transkei Coastal Belt
* Ironwood Dry Forest
* Lowveld Riverine Forest
* Mangrove Forest
* Northern Afrotemperate Forest
* Northern Coastal Forest
* Northern Mistbelt Forest
* Sand Forest
* Scarp Forest
* Southern Afrotemperate Forest
* Southern Coastal Forest
* Southern Mistbelt Forest
* Swamp Forest

Subantarctic
biome|

* Subantarctic Biotic Herbfield and Grassland
* Subantarctic Cinder Cone Vegetation
* Subantarctic Coastal Vegetation
* Subantarctic Drainage Line Vegetation
* Subantarctic Fellfield
* Subantarctic Fernbrake Vegetation
* Subantarctic Mire
* Subantarctic Polar Desert

not on
VEGMAP|

* List of forests of South Africa
* List of forests of the Eastern Cape
* Forests of KwaZulu-Natal
* KwaZulu-Natal Dune Forest
* KwaZulu-Natal coastal lowland forest
* List of forests of the Western Cape

Protected areas of South Africa

* Index of protected areas of South Africa

| South
African
National
Parks|

* Addo Elephant National Park
* Agulhas National Park
* Augrabies Falls National Park
* Bontebok National Park
* Camdeboo National Park
* Garden Route National Park
* Tsitsikamma National Park
* Wilderness National Park
* Golden Gate Highlands National Park
* Karoo National Park
* Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
* Kruger National Park
* Mapungubwe National Park
* Marakele National Park
* Mokala National Park
* Mountain Zebra National Park
* Namaqua National Park
* Table Mountain National Park
* Tankwa Karoo National Park
* West Coast National Park
* ǀAi-ǀAis/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park

|

Biosphere
reserves|

* Cape Winelands Biosphere Reserve
* Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve
* Kogelberg Nature Reserve
* Kruger to Canyons Biosphere
* Magaliesberg Biosphere Reserve
* Waterberg Biosphere

Marine
protected
areas of
South
Africa|

| Coastal|

* Addo Elephant National Park Marine Protected Area
* Amathole Marine Protected Area
* Betty's Bay Marine Protected Area
* Bird Island Marine Protected Area
* De Hoop Marine Protected Area
* Dwesa-Cwebe Marine Protected Area
* Goukamma Marine Protected Area
* Helderberg Marine Protected Area
* Hluleka Marine Protected AreaI
* iSimangaliso Marine Protected Area
* Jutten Island Marine Protected Area
* Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected Area
* Malgas Island Marine Protected Area
* Marcus Island Marine Protected Area
* Namaqua National Park Marine Protected Area
* Pondoland Marine Protected Area
* Robben Island Marine Protected Area
* Rocherpan Marine Protected Area
* Robberg Marine Protected Area
* Sardinia Bay Marine Protected Area
* Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected Area
* Stilbaai Marine Protected Area
* Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area
* Trafalgar Marine Protected Area
* Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area
* uThukela Banks Marine Protected Area
* Walker Bay Whale Sanctuary

|

Offshore|

* Agulhas Bank Complex Marine Protected Area
* Agulhas Front Marine Protected Area
* Agulhas Muds Marine Protected Area
* Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area
* Amathole Offshore Marine Protected Area
* Benguela Bank Marine Protected Area
* Benguela Muds Marine Protected Area
* Browns Bank Complex Marine Protected Area
* Browns Bank Corals Marine Protected Area
* Cape Canyon Marine Protected Area
* Childs Bank Marine Protected Area
* iSimangaliso Offshore Marine Protected Area
* Namaqua Fossil Forest Marine Protected Area
* Orange Shelf Edge Marine Protected Area
* Prince Edward Islands Marine Protected Area
* Protea Banks Marine Protected Area
* Southeast Atlantic Seamounts Marine Protected Area
* Southwest Indian Seamount Marine Protected Area
* Port Elizabeth Corals Marine Protected Area
* uThukela Banks Marine Protected Area

Management
organisations|

* CapeNature
* City of Cape Town
* Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
* Department of Science and Innovation
* Eastern Cape Parks
* Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife
* iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority
* Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality
* South African National Parks

Biodiversity research in SA

* Bolus Herbarium
* Iziko South African Museum
* National Research Foundation
* South African National Collection of Fungi

| Research
organisations|

* Animal Demography Unit
* BirdLife South Africa
* South African Association for Marine Biological Research
* South African Environmental Observation Network
* South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
* South African National Biodiversity Institute

|

Research
projects|

* African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme
* National Biodiversity Assessment
* National Vegetation Map Project
* Reef Atlas Project
* SeaKeys

Citizen science
databases|

* iNaturalist
* iSpot
* Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology Virtual Museum

Botanical
gardens|

* Durban Botanic Gardens
* Free State National Botanical Garden
* Garden Route Botanical Garden
* Hantam National Botanical Garden
* Harold Porter National Botanical Garden
* Johannesburg Botanical Garden
* Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden
* Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
* KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden
* Lowveld National Botanical Garden
* Makana Botanical Gardens
* Manie van der Schijff Botanical Garden
* North-West University Botanical Garden
* Pretoria National Botanical Garden
* Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden
* University of KwaZulu-Natal Botanical Garden
* Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden

Taxonomists|

* List of authors of South African botanical taxa
* List of authors of South African animal taxa

Related

* Biodiversity
* Biosphere
* Ecotourism
* Encyclopedia of Life
* Environmental impact of recreational diving
* Low impact diving
* International Union for Conservation of Nature
* Marine protected area
* National park
* Nature conservation
* Nature reserve
* Scuba diving tourism
* South African Sustainable Seafood Initiative
* World Register of Marine Species
* World Wide Fund for Nature

| Regional biodiversity|

* Biodiversity of Cape Town
* List of nature reserves in Cape Town

|

Legislation|

* Marine Living Resources Act, 18 of 1998
* National Environmental Management Act, 1998
* National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, 10 of 2004
* National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 24 of 2008
* National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 57 of 2003

Publications|

* List of field guides to South African biota

* Categories: Biodiversity of South Africa
*   * Index

* v
* t
* e

Cape Town

City of Cape Town

Natural environment

* Cape Flats
* Cape Peninsula
* Geology
* Helderberg

| Bays|

* Bantry Bay
* Camps Bay
* False Bay
* Gordon's Bay
* Granger Bay
* Hout Bay
* Simon's Bay
* Smitswinkel Bay
* Table Bay

|

Beaches|

* Bloubergstrand
* Boulders Beach
* Camps Bay
* Clifton
* Glen Beach
* Melkbosstrand
* Muizenberg
* Sandy Bay
* Strand

Hills|

* Blaauwberg
* Skapenberg
* Signal Hill
* Tygerberg

Mountains|

* Chapman's Peak
* Constantiaberg
* Devil's Peak
* Helderberg
* Hottentots Holland Mountains
* Lion's Head
* Table Mountain
* Twelve Apostles

Islands|

* Duiker Island
* Robben Island
* Seal Island

Headlands|

* Cape of Good Hope
* Cape Point
* Miller's Point

Rivers and wetlands|

* Bokramspruit
* Buffels River
* Eerste River
* Kuils River
* Diep River
* Else River
* Hout Bay River
* Krom River
* Lourens River
* Modder River
* Salt River
* Black River
* Elsieskraal River
* Liesbeek River
* Sand River
* Schusters River
* Silvermine River
* Sir Lowry’s Pass River
* Sout River
* Steenbras River
* Zandvlei
* Zeekoevlei

Climate and weather|

* Cape Town water crisis
* Cape Doctor
* Berg wind

World heritage sites|

* Cape Floristic Region
* Table Mountain National Park
* Robben Island

Biodiversity
of Cape Town|

* Nature reserves in Cape Town
* Helderberg Marine Protected Area
* Robben Island Marine Protected Area
* Table Mountain National Park
* Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area

| Vegetation
types|

* Atlantis Sand Fynbos
* Boland Granite Fynbos
* Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
* Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
* Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetland
* Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos
* Hangklip Sand Fynbos
* Kogelberg Sandstone Fynbos
* Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos
* Peninsula Granite Fynbos
* Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos
* Southern Afrotemperate Forest
* Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
* Swartland Alluvium Fynbos
* Swartland Shale Renosterveld

|

Parks and
gardens|

* Arderne Gardens
* Company's Garden
* De Waal Park
* Green Point Common
* Helderberg Nature Reserve
* Keurboom Park
* Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
* Rondebosch Common
* Rondebosch Park
* Tokai Arboretum
* Tokai Park
* Wynberg Park

Nature reserves|

* Blaauwberg Conservation Area
* Bracken Nature Reserve
* Cecilia
* De Hel Nature Area
* Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary
* Die Oog Conservation Area
* Diep River Fynbos Corridor
* Durbanville Nature Reserve
* Edith Stephens Wetland Park
* Glencairn Wetland
* Harmony Flats Nature Reserve
* Helderberg Nature Reserve
* Kenilworth Racecourse Conservation Area
* Koeberg Nature Reserve
* Kogelberg Nature Reserve
* Lourens River Protected Natural Environment
* Lower Silvermine River Wetlands
* Macassar Dunes Conservation Area
* Mamre Nature Garden
* Meadowridge Common
* Milnerton Racecourse Nature Reserve
* Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary
* Rietvlei Wetland Reserve
* Rondebosch Common
* Rondevlei Nature Reserve
* Silwerboomkloof Natural Heritage Site
* Tygerberg Nature Reserve
* Uitkamp Wetlands
* Witzands Aquifer Conservation Area
* Wolfgat Nature Reserve
* Zoarvlei Wetlands
* Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve
* Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve

Communities

| Atlantic Seaboard|

* Bakoven
* Bantry Bay
* Camps Bay
* Clifton
* Fresnaye
* Green Point
* Llandudno
* Mouille Point
* Sea Point
* Three Anchor Bay

|

Blaauwberg|

* Atlantis
* Bloubergstrand
* Brooklyn
* Century City
* Dunoon
* Duynefontein
* Joe Slovo Park
* Killarney Gardens
* Mamre
* Melkbosstrand
* Milnerton
* Montague Gardens
* Paarden Eiland
* Parklands
* Rugby
* Table View
* West Beach
* Ysterplaat

Cape Flats
(Klipfontein district)|

* Athlone
* Belgravia
* Bishop Lavis
* Crawford
* Crossroads
* Gugulethu
* Hanover Park
* Heideveld
* Kalksteenfontein
* Kenwyn
* Lansdowne
* Lavender Hill
* Manenberg
* Nyanga
* Ottery
* Philippi
* Browns Farm
* Philippi Horticultural
* Philippi East
* Samora Machel
* Rondebosch East
* Rylands
* Strandfontein
* Valhalla Park

| Khayelitsha|

* Bongweni
* Harare/Holimisa
* Ikwezi Park
* Mandela Park
* Griffiths Mxenge
* QQ Section
* Silver Town
* Victoria Merge

|

Mitchells Plain|

* Rocklands
* Westridge
* Portlands
* Tafelsig
* Eastridge
* Beacon Valley
* Lentegeur
* Woodlands
* Weltevreden
* Valley
* Colorado
* Mandalay
* Montclair
* Watergate Developments
* Heinz Park
* Morgans Village
* Rondevlei
* Westgate
* Montrose Park
* Lost City

|

City Bowl|

* Bo-Kaap
* De Waterkant
* Devil's Peak Estate
* District Six
* Foreshore
* Gardens
* Higgovale
* Lower Vrede
* Oranjezicht
* Robben Island
* Schotsche Kloof
* Tamboerskloof
* University Estate
* Vredehoek
* Walmer Estate
* Woodstock
* Zonnebloem

Helderberg|

* Eerste River
* Faure
* Firgrove
* Gordon's Bay
* Macassar
* Sir Lowry's Pass Village
* Somerset West
* Parel Vallei
* Strand
* Lwandle
* Nomzamo

Northern Suburbs|

* Acacia Park
* Belhar
* Bellville
* Boston
* Eversdal
* Kenridge
* Stellenberg
* Blue Downs
* Bonteheuwel
* Bothasig
* Brackenfell
* Canal Walk
* Delft
* Blikkiesdorp
* Durbanville
* Edgemead
* Elsie's River
* Epping
* Fisantekraal
* Goodwood
* Joostenbergvlakte
* Kensington
* Kraaifontein
* Kuils River
* Langa
* Joe Slovo
* Loevenstein
* Maitland
* Mfuleni
* Monte Vista
* Ndabeni
* Norwood
* Panorama
* Parow
* Philadelphia
* Plattekloof
* Pinelands
* Ravensmead
* Richwood
* Scottsdene
* Sonnestraal
* Thornton
* Tygerberg
* Tyger Valley
* Wallacedene

Southern Suburbs|

* Bergvliet
* Kreupelbosch
* Bishopscourt
* Claremont
* Harfield Village
* Constantia
* Diep River
* Grassy Park
* Pelican Park
* Heathfield
* Kenilworth
* Kirstenhof
* Lakeside
* Lotus River
* Marina da Gama
* Meadowridge
* Mowbray
* Muizenberg
* Newlands
* Observatory
* Plumstead
* Retreat
* Rondebosch
* Rosebank
* Salt River
* Southfield
* Steenberg
* Tokai
* Wetton
* Wynberg

South Peninsula|

* Capri Village
* Clovelly
* Da Gama Park
* Fish Hoek
* Glencairn
* Hangberg
* Hout Bay
* Imizamo Yethu
* Kalk Bay
* Kommetjie
* Masiphumelele
* Noordhoek
* Ocean View
* Scarborough
* Simon's Town
* St James
* Sunnydale
* Sun Valley
* Vrygrond

Neighbourhoods|

* Victoria & Alfred Waterfront

Built environment

* Maclear's Beacon
* Foreshore Freeway Bridge
* Grand Parade
* Greenmarket Square

* Adderley Street
* Long Street
* Strand Street

* Chapman's Peak Drive
* Hospital Bend
* Kloof Nek Road
* Metropolitan Routes in Cape Town
* M3
* M4
* M5
* M6
* M7
* M8
* M9
* M10
* M11
* M12
* National roads
* N1
* N2
* N7
* Sir Lowry's Pass
* Ou Kaapse Weg
* Peninsula Expressway (Cape Town)
* R300

Skyscrapers|

* List of tallest buildings in Cape Town
* 1 Thibault Square
* Atterbury House
* Cape Town Civic Centre
* Metlife Centre
* Mutual Building
* Naspers Centre
* Portside Tower
* Triangle House

Government

| National government|

* Parliament of South Africa
* Houses of Parliament
* Genadendal Residence
* Highstead
* Tuynhuys
* Defence
* Air Force Base Ysterplaat
* Naval Base Simon's Town
* SAS Wingfield
* South African Naval College

|

Provincial government|

* Leeuwenhof

City of Cape Town|

* Government of Cape Town
* Mayor
* Deputy Mayor
* Cape Town City Hall
* Cape Town Civic Centre
* Cape Town Partnership
* Coat of arms of Cape Town
* Flag of Cape Town
* Elections
* 2018 Cape Town mayoral election
* Erasmus Commission
* Wards
* Law and enforcement
* Western Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa
* Municipal Police
* Pollsmoor Prison

History

* Invasion of the Cape Colony
* Battle of Blaauwberg
* Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814
* Noon Gun
* Timeline of Cape Town

| Fortifications|

* Amsterdam Battery
* Castle of Good Hope
* Chavonnes Battery
* Fort de Goede Hoop
* Redoubt Duijnhoop

|

Monuments and memorials|

* Artillery Memorial, Cape Town
* Japanese Lantern Monument
* Rhodes Memorial
* The Cenotaph
* Treaty Tree
* Van Riebeeck's Hedge

Lists of heritage sites|

* Near Cape Town
* Bo-Kaap
* CBD and the Waterfront
* Simon's Town
* Helderberg
* Bellville
* Table Mountain
* Wynberg district

Historical buildings|

* African Theatre
* Alhambra Theatre
* Breakwater Lodge
* Church Square
* Coornhoop
* Graaff Electric Lighting Works

Culture

* Demographics
* Languages
* Afrikaans
* South African English
* Xhosa

| Cuisine|

* Cape Town wine
* Constantia (wine)
* Gatsby (sandwich)

|

Performance
art|

* Cape Town City Ballet
* Musical ensembles
* Cape Town Opera
* Cape Town Philharmonia Choir
* Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra
* Theatres
* Artscape Theatre Centre
* Baxter Theatre Centre
* Labia Theatre
* Little Theatre
* Magnet Theatre
* Maynardville Open-Air Theatre
* Space Theatre
* The Independent Armchair Theatre
* Theatre on the Bay

Events and
festivals|

* Cape Town Book Fair
* Cape Town International Jazz Festival
* Kaapse Klopse

Museums and
art galleries|

* Air Force Museum
* Bertram House
* Chavonnes Battery
* Cape Town Science Centre
* District Six Museum
* Gallery Mau Mau
* Groote Schuur
* Heart of Cape Town Museum
* Hout Bay Museum
* Holocaust Centre
* Koopmans-de Wet House
* Maximum Security Prison, Robben Island
* Medical Museum
* Mostert's Mill
* Simon's Town Museum
* Naval Museum
* South African Sendinggestig Museum
* Waterworks Museum
* Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

| Iziko Museums|

* Bertram House
* Bo-Kaap Museum
* Groot Constantia
* Koopmans-de Wet House
* Maritime Centre
* Michaelis Collection at the Old Town House
* Rust en Vreugd
* Slave Lodge
* Social History Centre
* SAS Somerset
* South African Museum
* National Gallery
* William Fehr Collection at the Castle of Good Hope

|

Public art|

* Statues
* Nelson Mandela
* Cecil Rhodes
* Nobel Square
* George Grey
* Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer
* Jan van Riebeeck
* Maria van Riebeeck
* Bartolomeu Dias

Religion|

* Anglican Diocese of Cape Town
* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town
* Religious buildings
* Auwal Mosque
* Gardens Shul
* Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St George
* Groote Kerk
* Lutheran Church in Strand Street
* Nurul Islam Mosque
* Palm Tree Mosque
* Queen Victoria Mosque
* St. George's Cathedral
* St. James Church
* St. Mary's Cathedral

Secular
architecture|

* Cape Dutch architecture
* Tallest buildings in Cape Town
* Athlone Power Station
* Atterbury House
* Bertram House
* Boshofpoort
* Cape Town City Hall
* Cape Town Civic Centre
* Castle of Good Hope
* Centre for the Book
* Coornhoop
* Disa Park
* Egyptian Building
* Genadendal Residence
* Hawthorndon House
* Houses of Parliament
* Huguenot Memorial Building
* Leeuwenhof
* Mandela Rhodes Building
* Metlife Centre
* Mutual Building
* Naspers Centre
* Portside Tower
* Rhodes Memorial
* Royal Observatory
* Triangle House

Media|

* Newspapers
* Cape Times
* The Cape Messenger
* Radio and television
* Bush Radio
* CapeTalk
* Cape Town TV
* Fine Music Radio
* Good Hope FM
* Kfm 94.5
* UCT Radio
* Voice of the Cape

Economy

* Entrepreneurship and innovation
* Silicon Cape Initiative

| Companies based
in Cape Town|

* Naspers
* Travelstart
* MWEB
* Sanlam
* Woolworths Holdings Limited
* Of historical interest:
* Garlicks

|

Hotels and resorts|

* Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel
* Protea Hotels by Marriott

Shopping areas,
malls and markets|

* Canal Walk
* Cavendish Square
* Golden Acre
* Greenmarket Square
* N1 City
* Tygerberg Mall
* Somerset Mall
* Victoria & Alfred Waterfront

Exhibition centres|

* Cape Town International Convention Centre
* Good Hope Centre

Restaurants and cafés|

* Café Caprice
* Perseverance Tavern

Tourism|

* Beaches of Cape Town
* Cape of Good Hope
* Table Mountain Aerial Cableway
* Groot Constantia
* Mariner's Wharf
* Nature reserves in Cape Town
* Ratanga Junction
* Two Oceans Aquarium
* Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
* World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park

Transport

| Air transport|

* Airports in Cape Town
* Air Force Base Ysterplaat
* Cape Town International Airport
* Cape Winelands Airfield
* Wingfield Aerodrome

|

Maritime transport|

* Port of Cape Town
* Safmarine

Road transport|

* Buses in Cape Town
* Golden Arrow Bus Services
* MyCiTi
* MyCiTi bus stations
* Roads in Cape Town
* Trolleybuses in Cape Town

Rail transport|

* Blue Train
* Commuter rail lines
* Metrorail Western Cape
* Cape Flats Line
* Central Line
* Northern Line
* Southern Line
* Railway stations
* Bellville
* Cape Town
* Claremont
* Crawford
* Mowbray
* Mutual
* Newlands
* Observatory
* Pinelands
* Retreat
* Rondebosch
* Rosebank
* Salt River
* Simon's Town
* Steenberg
* Woodstock
* Trams in Cape Town

Sports

| Soccer|

* Cape Town Spurs F.C.
* Cape Town City F.C.

|

Rugby|

* Western Province
* Ikey Tigers

Cricket|

* Cape Cobras

Other|

Cape Town Tigers (basketball)

Sports events|

* 2010 FIFA World Cup
* Cape Town Cycle Tour
* Cape Town Open
* Cape Town Ladies Open
* Cape Town Marathon
* South Africa Sevens
* Table Mountain Challenge
* Two Oceans Marathon

Sports venues|

* Athlone Stadium
* Bellville Stadium
* Bellville Velodrome
* Cape Town Stadium
* Erica Park
* Good Hope Centre
* Green Point Stadium
* Hartleyvale Stadium
* Killarney Motor Racing Complex
* Milnerton Racecourse
* Newlands Cricket Ground
* Newlands Stadium
* NNK Rugby Stadium
* Parow Park
* Philippi Stadium
* Royal Cape Golf Club
* University of the Western Cape Stadium
* Wynberg Military Base Stadium

Education

| Libraries|

* Biblionef
* Central Library Cape Town
* Centre for the Book
* Fish Hoek Library
* Jacob Gitlin Library
* Meadowridge Library
* National Library of South Africa
* Rondebosch Library
* SAAO Library
* Strandfontein Library
* University of Cape Town Libraries

|

Universities|

* Cape Peninsula University of Technology
* University of Cape Town
* University of the Western Cape

Colleges|

* Qualitas Career Academy
* South African College
* Yeshiva of Cape Town

Private
schools|

* American International School of Cape Town
* Cannons Creek Independent School
* Cape Town French School
* Christel House South Africa
* Darul Islam Islamic High School
* Diocesan College
* German International School Cape Town
* Herschel Girls' School
* Herzlia Schools
* Mountain View Academy
* Parklands College
* St. Cyprian's School
* St. George's Grammar School
* Michael Oak Waldorf School
* Oakhurst Primary School

Public schools|

* Alexander Sinton Secondary School
* Belgravia High School
* Belhar Secondary School
* Bellville High School
* Bergvliet Primary School
* Bergvliet High School
* Bosmansdam High School
* Brackenfell High School
* Cape Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology
* Cape Town High School
* Chris Hani Secondary School
* Claremont High School
* COSAT
* D.F. Malan High School
* Durbanville High School
* Eben Dönges High School
* Eersterivier Secondary School
* Fairbairn College
* Fairmont High School
* Gardens Commercial High School
* Grove Primary School
* Harold Cressy High School
* Hottentots Holland High School
* Jan van Riebeeck High School
* Lavender Hill High School
* Livingstone High School
* Masiphumelele High School
* Milnerton High School
* Mondale High School
* Parel Vallei High School
* Pinelands High School
* Range High School
* Rondebosch Boys' High School
* Rondebosch Boys' Preparatory School
* Rustenburg School for Girls
* Sea Point High School
* Sinenjongo High School
* Spine Road High School
* South African College Schools
* Stellenberg High School
* Strand High School
* Table View High School
* The Settlers High School
* Trafalgar High School
* Tygerberg High School
* Westerford High School
* Windsor High School
* Wynberg Boys' High School
* Wynberg Girls' High School

Alternative schools|

* GlenBridge Special School
* Tafelberg School

Former schools|

* Ellerslie Girls' High School
* Tot Nut van het Algemeen

Art & Music schools|

* Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre
* South African College of Music
* Peter Clarke Art Centre

Not yet allocated|

* College of Magic
* Montebello Design Centre

Services

| Hospitals|

* Alexandra Hospital
* Groote Schuur Hospital
* Karl Bremer Hospital
* Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
* Somerset Hospital
* Tygerberg Hospital
* Valkenberg Hospital

|

Lighthouses|

* Cape Point Lighthouse
* Green Point Lighthouse
* Milnerton Lighthouse
* Roman Rock Lighthouse
* Slangkop Lighthouse

Western Cape
Water Supply System|

* Dams and resrvoirs
* Alexandra Dam
* Berg River Dam
* De Villiers Dam
* Hely-Hutchinson Dam
* Kleinplaats Dam
* Land-en-Zeezicht Reservoir
* Lewis Gay Dam
* Molteno Dam
* Silvermine Dam
* Steenbras Dam
* Theewaterskloof Dam
* Victoria Dam
* Voëlvlei Dam
* Wemmershoek Dam
* Woodhead Dam

Electrical power generation|

* Athlone Power Station
* Graaff Electric Lighting Works
* Koeberg Nuclear Power Station
* Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme

Emergency services|

* Cape Town Fire Department
* Metro Emergency Medical Services
* Mountain Club of South Africa
* National Sea Rescue Institute

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