Small South African town once known as “dream city” where 1 million televisions and 500,000 fridges are built every year

• Atlantis was developed for people designated as 'coloured' under apartheid law and was situated 45 km north of Cape Town,
• This was far from the city centre, where most of the jobs were in those days.
• Hisense announced that October 2026 marked the 30th anniversary of the factory's production of 1 million televisions and 500,000 fridges every year.