In South Africa and Cape Town in particular, what do locals call a Cape Doctor?
Cape Doctor Cape Doctor "Cape Doctor" is the local name for the strong, often persistent and dry south-easterly wind that blows on the South African coast from spring to late summer (September to March in the southern hemisphere). It is known as the Cape Doctor because of a local belief that it clears Cape Town of pollution and 'pestilence'. Although the wind blows over a wide area of the Western Cape Province, it is notorious especially in and around the Cape Peninsula, where it can be unpleasantly strong and irritating. Capetonians also call it "the South-Easter". The South Easter is usually accompanied
Trams in Cape Town Trams in Cape Town Cape Town, South Africa, has had two tramway networks forming part of its public transport arrangements. Both networks are now long closed. The first of the two networks to be established was a horsecar network, which was opened on . In around 1896, it was converted to electrical operation. From , it was gradually replaced by trolleybuses, which were always referred to by English-speaking locals as "Trackless trams". It was finally closed on . The other network, opened in , was an interurban tramway linking Burnside Road in Cape Town with Camps Bay and Sea Point.