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'''Cape independence''' ([[Afrikaans]]: ''Kaapse onafhanklikheid''; [[Xhosa language|isiXhosa]]: ''inkululeko yaseKapa''), also known by the portmanteau '''CapeXit''',<ref name=":11">{{cite web|date=31 May 2021 |title=The CapeXit mission: Can this be Brexit for the Western Cape?|url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/capexit-independent-country-western-cape/ |access-date=19 August 2021 |website=The South African|language=en-ZA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119221626/https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/capexit-independent-country-western-cape/ | archive-date=19 January 2023}}</ref> is a [[political movement]] that seeks the independence of the [[Western Cape]] [[Provinces of South Africa|province]] (alongside Afrikaans-speaking portions of the [[Eastern Cape|Eastern]] and [[Northern Cape]] provinces in some proposals)<ref name=":1">{{cite web|date=17 July 2018 |title=Khoi-San king declares that the Cape has seceded from SA|url=https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/khoi-san-king-declares-that-the-cape-has-seceded-from-sa/|access-date=17 August 2021 |website=[[The Citizen (South African newspaper)|The Citizen]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720132723/https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/khoi-san-king-declares-that-the-cape-has-seceded-from-sa/ |archive-date=20 July 2023 |language=en}}</ref> from [[South Africa]].<ref name=":14">{{cite web|first=Unathi |last=Nkanjeni |title=An independent Western Cape on the cards? Here is what you need to know about the independence bid |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-06-01-an-independent-western-cape-on-the-cards-here-is-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-independence-bid/|access-date=17 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404025001/https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2021-06-01-an-independent-western-cape-on-the-cards-here-is-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-independence-bid/|website=TimesLIVE |archive-date=2023-04-04 |language=en-ZA}}</ref><ref name=":6"> {{cite web|date=18 July 2020 |title=Westkapers streven naar onafhankelijkheid |trans-title=Western Capes strive for independence |url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1053451044/westkapers-streven-naar-onafhankelijkheid|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404012516/https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1053451044/westkapers-streven-naar-onafhankelijkheid |archive-date=2023-04-04 |access-date=17 August 2021 |website=[[De Telegraaf]] |language=nl}}</ref>

ThreeThere have been three [[opinion poll]]s have been completed to date, all of them conducted by Victory Research,<ref>{{cite web|last=Guppy |first=Darius |title=The growing case for an independent Western Cape |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-growing-case-for-an-independent-western-cape |access-date=18 August 2021 |website=www.spectator.co.uk |date=12 September 2020 |publisher=[[The Spectator]] |language=en}}</ref> a pollingSouth African based market research company whose clientele includes the Democratic Alliance, [[Uber]], [[British American Tobacco]], First Rand, and [[KPMG]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Client – Victory |url=https://victoryresearch.co.za/client/ |access-date=17 August 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>

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<small>''^*Values taken for Western Cape only. Sample size for entirety of SA.''<br>

|[[2009 Western Cape provincial election|2009]] || 2,552 || 0.13% || 5,356,800 || 1,967,751 || 75.4% || [[Cape Party|Cape Party]] (2,552)|| Cape Party formed in 2007

|[[2014 Western Cape provincial election|2014]] || – || – || 6,016,92x (2013116 300 (estimate) || 2,121,153 || 72.76% || – || No pro-independence parties competed.

|[[2019 Western Cape provincial election|2019]] || 9,331 || 0.45% || 6,844,272 (estimate) || 2,057,212 || 66.28% || [[Cape Party|Cape Party]] (9,331) || Cape Party competes again after 10 year absence

|[[2024 Western Cape provincial election|2024]] || TBD33,581 (67,162)^* || TBD1.71% (4.1%)^* || 7,497,706 (estimate) || TBD1,958,280 || TBD59.48% || [[Freedom Front Plus | FF+]] (TBD28,471);<br>[[Referendum Party (South Africa) | RP ]] (TBD5,110);<br>[[National Coloured Congress|NCC]]^* (TBD46,770) || FF+ announces their support for independence.<br>Newly formed RP competes.<br>Cape Party reformed into [[Cape Independence Party | CIP]] fails to qualify

<small>*The NCC waswere ambiguous in their stance but havehad previously publicly voiced support.<br></small>

Some proponents of independence claim that South Africa is a highly racialised country. TheIn CIAGan pointsAugust out that2023 pollingpoll conducted inby the WesternCIAG, Capeonly on31% theirof behalfBlack foundrespondents agreed that 69%"I ofbelieve Black-African people believedthat South Africa inherently belongs to Black-Africanseveryone andwho alllives otherhere groupsregardless shouldof behavetheir asrace", guests.compared In contrast,with 80% of Coloureds and 88% of Whites agreed that South Africa belongs to all those who live in it.<ref name="poll_23" />

Likewise, proponents argue that race-based laws, such as [[Black Economic Empowerment|Black Economic Empowerment (BEE)]]—which is a policy aimed at addressing the [[Wealth inequality in South Africa|inequalities]] created by [[apartheid]] implemented by the national government—unfairly discriminate against most inhabitants of the Western Cape. Coloured leaders such as Fadiel Adams state that under the current BEE laws, coloured people are unfairly discriminated against. As national demographic quotas (nine percent) are imposed upon a region where coloureds make up the majority.<ref>{{cite web|last=Patel |first=Nereesha |date=7 June 2018 |title=Who Are 'Gatvol Capetonian', And Why Do They Hate Politicians So Much? |url=https://www.2oceansvibe.com/2018/06/07/who-are-gatvol-capetonian-and-why-do-they-hate-politicians-so-much/ |access-date=9 October 2021 |website=2oceansvibe News {{!}} South African and international news |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Proponents hence campaign on making an independent Cape non-racial where race-based laws (and even racial categories) are outlawed.<ref name=":15">{{cite web|last=Craig |first=Phil |title=OPINION {{!}} Dear Melanie, Cape independence stinks of democracy, not racism! |url=https://www.news24.com/news24/columnists/guestcolumn/opinion-dear-melanie-cape-independence-stinks-of-democracy-not-racism-20210413 |access-date=17 August 2021 |website=News24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{cite web|date=2 June 2019 |title=Western Cape Independence Activists Encouraged by Provincial Election Results |url=https://theworldunreported.com/2019/06/02/western-cape-independence/ |access-date=19 August 2021 |website=The World Unreported |language=en-GB}}</ref>