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Founder and first commander of Cape Town, South Africa. van Riebeeck was an Administrator of the Dutch East India Compan
Vissershok is one of the oldest farms in South Africa and was home to the country's first wheat farm. Tucked along the b
Elandsberg is a mountain and is located in the Swartland District, near Riebeeck Kasteel, in the Western Cape. The estim
Name applied from 1657 to the Liesbeek River, in Cape Town. Named after a small River in the Netherlands. The first 'fre
When the Dutch first landed at the Cape on 6 April 1652, under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck. They erected a Fort b
Koringberg is a rural village in the Swartland region of the Western Cape. Located between Moorreesburg and Piketberg, i