<h4 class="label">Construction Status</h4>
<p>The Cape Town South Africa Temple is currently in the planning stages. No groundbreaking date has been announced.</p>
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<h4 class="label">Temple Design</h4>
<p> Plans for the Cape Town South Africa Temple call for a single-story building of approximately 9,500 square feet. A meetinghouse and arrival center will also be constructed on site.</p>
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<h4 class="label">Temple Rendering</h4>
<p>On December 7, 2021, the official exterior rendering of the Cape Town South Africa Temple was released.</p>
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<h4 class="label">Temple Site</h4>
<p>On December 7, 2021, the location of the Cape Town South Africa Temple was announced as a 3.79-acre site by the mission office at 3 Liesbeek Road in the Observatory neighborhood of Cape Town.</p>
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<h4 class="label">Temple Announcement</h4>
<p>On April 4, 2021, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Cape Town South Africa Temple at the 191st Annual General Conference. About 69,000 Latter-day Saints worship in around 195 congregations in South Africa. Cape Town is located on the shore of Table Bay. This will be the third temple in the country. The other temples in South Africa are the <a href="/johannesburg-south-africa-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('johannesburg-south-africa-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Johannesburg South Africa Temple</a> and the <a href="/durban-south-africa-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('durban-south-africa-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Durban South Africa Temple</a>. The first missionaries arrived in South Africa in 1853, and the first meetinghouse was built in Mowbray in 1916.¹</p>
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<h4 class="label">Temple Facts</h4>
<p>The Cape Town South Africa Temple will be the third temple built in South Africa, following the <a href="/johannesburg-south-africa-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('johannesburg-south-africa-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Johannesburg South Africa Temple</a> (1985) and the <a href="/durban-south-africa-temple/" onmouseover="showTip('durban-south-africa-temple')" onmouseout="unTip()">Durban South Africa Temple</a> (2020).</p><div class="footnote"><hr><ol><li>The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints News Release, "At April 2021 Conference, Prophet Announces 20 More Temples to Be Constructed," 4 Apr. 2021.</li></ol></div><p></p>