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‘Our best hope is creating our own first world nation on Africa’s southern tip – the Cape of Good Hope. Together, let’s build Africa’s newest country. Security, freedom and prosperity for all the peoples of the Cape!’, reads the statement on the website . Last year, group co-founder Phil Craig told BizNews founder Alec Hogg that ‘36% of people in the Western Cape would like to see an independent Cape’ (listen to the interview below). But would it be possible? According to Stats SA,  it is Gauteng that is ‘South Africa’s economic powerhouse’, contributing ‘a third of South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017′. Gauteng contributed a significant 34% to the overall GDP, while the Western Cape managed just 14% in the same year. ‘Cape independence is completely dependent on the support of 50% of all WC voters, plus 1 more. This is the real ‘high bar’ for secession’, says Craig. Even with the support of Western Cape residents, would the

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