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Gatvol Capetonians spokesperson Fadiel Adams says they’re pushing for an independent Cape but want it done peacefully and legally for the betterment of all people in the region. (David Harrison/M&G)

Cape’s race tensions fuel ‘Wexit’

Several political movements in the Western Cape are calling for greater autonomy for the province

Let’s party: Gatvol Capetonian’s president, Fadiel Adams, says his group of coloured nationalists want to contest the 2019 elections on a Western Cape secessionist ticket. (David Harrison)

Gatvol Capetonian sets its sight on 2019 elections

The Cape Town-based group was propelled to national attention after it began agitating for the Western Cape to secede

Gatvol Capetonian trades on untruths (Photo Archive)

Gatvol Capetonian trades on untruths

The group’s stance is in line with the rise of global populism, which is rooted in falsehood

Identity parade: Jabu Nadia Newman’s Untitled I from the exhibition ‘Mokwena MacQuena MacQuene

Jabu Nadia Newman’s exhibition asks what’s in a name?

An exhibition explores how and why the photographer’s family name shifted from Mokwena to MacQuena in the 1960s

‘But as South Africa continues to battle its many challenges, the fibres of this social contract are slowly becoming frayed,’ writes Thanduxolo Nkala. (David Harrison/M&G)

DA accuses ANC of instigating Western Cape land protests

Communities in Parkwood, Vrygrond, Ocean View and Mitchell’s Plein have occupied vacant land in protest against the lack of housing in the province

The apartheid strategy of treating coloureds as a “buffer” between whites and “Africans” had the unintended consequence of crystallising a separate coloured identity.

The limits of coloured nationalism

Gatvol Capetonian is a coloured ultra-nationalist organisation but here’s the kicker: their racist culprit is the post-apartheid government

Residents of Parkwood in Cape Town occupied empty land

Coloured civic ‘bloc’ set to contest poll

But there is already polarisation, as some activists disagree with the racist rhetoric doing the rounds

It was a Facebook video that Dramat posted

Tourism angers Bo-Kapenaars

Three months ago, Shakirah Dramat began a small protest in Wale Street, on the periphery of the Bo-Kaap, during peak-hour traffic

‘But as South Africa continues to battle its many challenges, the fibres of this social contract are slowly becoming frayed,’ writes Thanduxolo Nkala. (David Harrison/M&G)

‘Gatvol’ Capetonians stir up tensions

It’s not just about land. Now the Cape Town protests are also pitting coloured people against their black neighbours