Best overlap: 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town is 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Boston.
Keep meetings inside 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town — that maps to 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Boston. Boston is 6 hours behind Cape Town, which gives you a solid 4-hour window. Book earlier in it and neither side is rushing. Finally, Boston observes daylight saving and Cape Town doesn't, so this window shifts by an hour for part of the year — recheck it each spring and autumn.
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