This Song Is Cape Town’s New Anthem: You Need to Hear It Now!

Cape Town has always had its own soundtrack. For years, “Welcome to Cape Town” by The Rockets was the city’s unofficial anthem. It became something people sang with pride. A kind of musical flag for Cape Town. But a new voice has stepped in, and it’s carrying a beat you can’t ignore. Fagrie Isaacs has arrived with The Cape Town Song — and it feels like a love letter that’s been waiting to be written.

This track is a true celebration of Cape Town. Infused with the unmistakable rhythm of ghoema, Isaacs pours his love for the city into every note and lyric. His voice carries that deep affection only someone raised in the Cape can sing with. It even got a shout out from Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis.

In four minutes, Isaacs takes listeners through a sonic journey filled with colour and character. 

He sings next to Adderley Street flower sellers who’ve stood their ground for generations. He visits the stalls in Athlone, where life keeps moving. 

You’ll see Super Fisheries in the background, Bo-Kaap painted in colour, and Hout Bay harbour holding steady in the frame. There’s the familiar banter of a taxi guardjie, snoek hawkers and avocado sellers calling from corners, and even a cameo by Uncle Stan from Cape Flats Stories. These are the people and corners that make the city feel like home.

Isaacs hasn’t created a soundtrack just for tourists. This song belongs to Capetonians — to those who know the city, who love it, who live its stories every day.

You can watch the music video below:

The Cape Town Song Lyrics

Verse 1: 

Cape Town, oh Cape Town where the skies are blue

And your dreams come true 

Only in Cape Town

Where the streets come alive with rhythm and rhyme

It’s ghoema time oh in Cape Town

We have opened the door for you to explore 

A million things to see

Cape Town, my beautiful Cape Town.

Chorus:

Cape Town

my beautiful Cape Town

Table Mountain and the big blue sea

You don’t know what you mean to me

My beautiful Cape Town

Cape Town, my beautiful Cape Town

All the people and the history

With many cultures and diversity

My beautiful cave town

Verse 2:

Oh, the Bo-Kaap Street

Where children play

District Six will never fade away

From Khayelitsha to Mitchells Plain

Robben Island to Kraaifontein

Together we live here

Brown, black, and white

A Rainbow Nation, oh what a sight

Cape Town

My beautiful Cape Town

Chorus:

Cape Town

my beautiful Cape Town

Table Mountain and the big blue sea

You don’t know what you mean to me

My beautiful Cape Town

Cape Town, my beautiful Cape Town

All the people and the history

With many cultures and diversity

My beautiful cave town

Bridge:

You can travel the world to try and find

Another place like mine

But you’ll never see a city as pretty as

Cape Town

About Fagrie Isaacs

Fagrie Isaacs, a singer, songwriter, and performer from Cape Town, is known for his Luther Vandross tribute show called HERE and NOW. He creates original songs like The Cape Town Song, sharing his music regularly on Facebook and other social media platforms.

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