{"id":1535,"date":"2026-03-03T12:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T12:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:24:40","slug":"thousands-gather-for-communal-iftar-in-cape-towns-historic-bo-kaap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/thousands-gather-for-communal-iftar-in-cape-towns-historic-bo-kaap\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands gather for communal iftar in Cape Town\u2019s historic\u00a0Bo-Kaap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thousands of residents and tourists gathered in the streets of Cape Town\u2019s historic Bo-Kaap neighbourhood on Friday, February 27, for a massive communal iftar, highlighting the Cape Malay community\u2019s deep-rooted traditions of solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event, held in one of South Africa\u2019s oldest Muslim areas, saw long tables stretch across Wale and Rose streets. Families and volunteers shared homemade dishes that reflect the unique culinary heritage of the Cape Malay people as they broke their Ramadan fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"THOUSANDS GATHER FOR COMMUNAL IFTAR IN CAPE TOWN&#039;S HISTORIC BOKAAP\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJGg368d1Lo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Local resident Ebrahim noted that traditional staples such as daltjies (chili bites), samoosas, Bobotie, and koe\u2019sisters featured prominently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bo-Kaap holds significant historical weight as the site of the country\u2019s first mosque, the Auwaal Mosque, and as a former center of anti-apartheid activism. Imran Choonara, CEO of the South African Muslim Agency, said the street iftars embody &#8220;the spirit of Ramadan, sacrifice, and togetherness&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muslims make up approximately 2% of South Africa\u2019s 63 million people. The community is primarily concentrated in Cape Town, as well as in cities like Johannesburg and Durban, which have large populations of Indian-origin Muslims. &#8211; AA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of residents and tourists gathered in the streets of Cape Town\u2019s historic Bo-Kaap neighbourhood on Friday, February 27, for a massive communal iftar, highlighting the Cape Malay community\u2019s deep-rooted traditions of solidarity. The event, held in one of South Africa\u2019s oldest Muslim areas, saw long tables stretch across Wale and Rose streets. Families and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,205,13],"tags":[232,52,231],"class_list":{"0":"post-1535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-must-reads","8":"category-secondary-story","9":"category-south-africa","10":"tag-bo-kaap","11":"tag-cape-town","12":"tag-iftar"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1535"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1560,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1535\/revisions\/1560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1newsnetwork.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}