The phrase "the Cape" is shorthand for a famous cape region. In the U.S., it often means Cape Cod, Massachusetts. In South Africa, it can mean the Cape of Good Hope region.
Our fellow passenger was Major Grogan, who thirty years before had been the first white man to go from the Cape to Cairo. It took him three years, one whole year in the marshes of the Sudd; his two companions died. It is said he ate them; I think so. He looked like a sensible man. James Tiptree, Jr
All the trouble began in 1652 when Jan van Riebeeck landed in the Cape. Jacob Zuma
But very unfortunately the merchant marine died away till even the majority of fishing done about the Cape is in the hands of the Portuguese who emigrated to the Cape some fifty years ago. Joseph C. Lincoln
The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong! Mangosuthu Buthelezi
James Brown is the perfect example of flashy but classy. Classy doesn't have to mean boring. His gear was flamboyant but without being so over the top. The cape was probably the biggest part of his persona. He looked like Superman. Mayer Hawthorne
In our passage from the Cape of Good Hope the winds were mostly from the westward with very boisterous weather: but one great advantage that this season of the year has over the summer months is in being free from fogs. William Bligh