Cape Town is the most southern city in Africa. St James, a suburb of Cape Town, is en route to Cape Point, the place where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. In fact, the meeting point fluctuates along the Cape coast, usually occurring between Cape Agulhas and Cape Point.

St. James is world famous for whale-watching, sheltered Mediterranean climate, warm sea bathing and for colourful bathing huts overlooking a tidal pool.

St James was named after the Roman Catholic church built here in 1852. When the coastal railway from Cape Town was constructed the church had to be relocated as the site was needed for a railway station. Father Duignan, the local priest, agreed to an exchange of sites on condition that the new station be named "St. James”.

Carisbrooke Court was built in 1927 and is located in Canty Bay, the historic seaside stretch that lies between Muizenberg and St James. It has beautiful sea and mountain views.