Capexit
English
Etymology
Blend of Cape + exit. Modeled after Brexit and Grexit.
Proper noun
Capexit
- (South Africa, politics) The secession of Western Cape (as well as sometimes Eastern Cape and Northern Cape) from South Africa.
- 2021, Erene Roux, "[https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/capexit-independent-country-western-cape/ The CapeXit mission: Can this be Brexit for the Western Cape?", The South African, 31 May 2021
- CapeXit needs the support of 1.6 million people to request a referendum with the SA government in order to start the process of independence.
- 2021, Erene Roux, "[https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/capexit-independent-country-western-cape/ The CapeXit mission: Can this be Brexit for the Western Cape?", The South African, 31 May 2021