Best overlap: 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM in Cape Town is 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Manila.
Both offices are open during 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM Cape Town time, which is 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Manila. Manila is 6 hours ahead of Cape Town. That leaves about 4 hours of common time — enough for a meeting or two, so use it deliberately.
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