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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rachel Savage in Cape Town

Bo-Kaap: the candy-coloured corner of Cape Town facing tourism v heritage dilemma

A blue car parked outside a bright pink and a lime green house
The brightly coloured homes of Bo-Kaap have become a must-have for Instagram feeds. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

After Table Mountain, the candy-coloured houses of Bo-Kaap have become one of Cape Town’s most iconic images, a key stop in any tourist’s visit to the South African city and a must-have for Instagram feeds.

However, many residents of the historic Muslim district are increasingly fed up with tour buses snarling up traffic, people blocking streets as they pose for photos and the mushrooming of outsider-owned tourism businesses, as the spectre of gentrification looms over the central area.

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