[2][5] The City of Cape Town holds Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Cenotaph annually at 11am on the Sunday closest to 11 November.

[6][7][8] The wreath laying ceremonies include the wearing of red remembrance poppies,[6] the "Last Post" bugle call and the observation of a two-minute silence.

[3][8][9] The Cenotaph was unveiled on 3 August 1924 by South Africa's then Governor-General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone,[2] who said:[1][3] I cannot but believe that the existence of these visible memorials, which are to be found throughout the world – silent witnesses to the desolation of the war – will through the years to come, be potent advocates of peace and will eventually serve to draw all peoples together in mutual understanding.The memorial was designed by English sculptor Vernon March and comprises two bronze figures of soldiers in action on separate sandstone columns, one on either side of a tall central sandstone column supporting a bronze winged victory figure.

[2][3] The winged victory figure, modelled on the Winged Victory of Samothrace, faces Table Mountain holding a laurel wreath high and treading on a serpent wrapped around a globe.

[1][2][3][5] The central column, decorated with bronze wreathed swords at the top, stands 8 metres (26 ft) tall.