Mother’s Day Special: Discover why Cape Town is called South Africa’s Mother City

Often referred to as the Mother City of South Africa, Cape Town is known to be the first formally established city in the year 1652. In the 1930s, a local newspaper termed that it is the only city that can claim to be a ‘metropolis’ derived from the Greek word ‘metros’ and ‘polis’ meaning mother and city. The public took to this description and hence the nickname “Mother City” was born.

Today, the city has grown to become…