A page from the original Journal of Jan Van Riebeeck_1-7 October 1657_Cape Archives

Elandsberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape

Elandsberg is a mountain and is located in the Swartland District, near Riebeeck Kasteel, in the Western Cape. The estim

'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River

Name applied from 1657 to the Liesbeek River, in Cape Town. Named after a small River in the Netherlands. The first 'fre

Amandel, a Railway Siding in the Eastern Cape

Railway siding, 8 km west of Lady Grey, on the route between Aliwal North and Barkley East. The name is Afrikaans for 'a

Jan van Riebeeck, the first Dutch governor of the Cape Colony, dies

Johan Anthonisz “Jan” van Riebeeck died on 18 January 1677 at the age of 57 in Batavia, now Jakarta, Indonesia, in

A tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo

Devadas Paul David was a member of the Natal Indian Congress, the United Democratic Front and the African National Congr

Biography: Robert Cedric Wilcox