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… dispossession of local Khoikhoi pastoralists by early Dutch settlers that opened up the area for European settlement. Cape Town was founded by the Dutch East India Company or the Vereenigde Oost-Indische … Bay area. This changed early in the 17th century when the Dutch and English formed trading companies that sought to …

… When the Dutch settled in South Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries they transplanted their Dutch Reformed theology to the African continent. Jan van Riebeeck formally established the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) of South Africa in 1652. The … Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) …

… The Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) or Dutch East India Company came into being on 20 March 1602 and … local population of Khoi and San remain positive as the Dutch had to barter with them for fresh meat. The requested … and Saldanha Bay. By 1656 the first conflict between the Dutch and local Khoi erupted. This occurred as a result of …

… world. On that day, four hundred years ago, a group of Dutch merchants and independent trading companies, impatient … Compagnie , better known to the Anglophone world as the Dutch East India Company or simply the VOC. The executive … country, such as Indonesia, that had been colonised by the Dutch because of the VOC project, still have to deal with the …

… Durban under Dutch rule …

… Speech to the Dutch Parliament …

… The formation of the VOC in Netherlands in 1602 increased Dutch dominance of the in the maritime trade. Acting on behalf of the Dutch government, the company expanded Dutch influence by taking possession of land, expanding trade … Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch …

… DEIC permanent settlement at the Cape 1652 The DEIC (Dutch East India Company) in the Netherlands was set up in 1602 to trade. In 1647, the Haerlem, a Dutch trading ship, was shipwrecked in Table Bay. When the … An aerial view of the Castle in Cape Town Image source The Dutch also started a large garden to produce fresh fruit and …

… (South Africa) DRCSA : General Mission Committee of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (Cape of Good Hope) DRCSAO : General Mission Committee of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State DRCSAT : … PMMS : Primitive Methodist Missionary Society (England) Rc : Roman Catholic Missions (International) RM : Rhenish …

… name for ALL SAINTS , Engcobo, Cape. NYANGANA , Namibia: Rc 1910 NYASINI, Mount Ayliff, Cape: No data available … Philippolis. The chapel which was of stone, was built in Dutch style; it stood at the head of the town, near a stony … hearers, and well-managed schools for boys and girls. Dutch being universally spoken by these people, the teaching …

… THABA BOSIGO , also spelt THABA BOSSIOU , Lesotho: P 1837; Rc. James Backhouse visited it in July 1839 and recorded the … and who on one of his journeys into the Colony met with a Dutch farmer called Piet de Wet, living at the hot springs at … "The village consists of the Mission-house, a chapel in Dutch style, a tannery, a watermill, buildings in progress …

… MAREETSANE , Northern Cape: SPG 1895 MARIA BRON , Namibia: Rc 1923 MARIA-HILF , Natal: Rc MARIALINDEN, Natal: Rc MARIA LINDEN , Matatiele, Cape: No data available …

… master and the mistresses were Hottentots. They taught in Dutch and English together, the Hottentot language having … AVON , Somerset East, Cape: PCSA GLEN COWIE , Transvaal: Rc 1923 GLENDALE , Natal: NMS; SAM GLENFIELDS , East London, … by the Hottentots, or Rietfontein (Reed Fountain) in Dutch. They afterwards removed to The Kloof, but finally …

… RM AMERSFOORT , Transvaal: DRCSAT 1896 AMINUIS , Namibia: Rc 1902 ANDARA , Namibia: Rc 1913 ANDERS , previously named EMDIZENI , King Williams … them we had much to communicate: J. Read interpreted into Dutch, and another person into Caffer. A few Caffers came …

… in Bloemfontein. March, The ANC’s Revolutionary Council (RC) sends a general directive that all its units should go into action. The RC also sets up a special sub-committee on recruitment and …

… and a frontier is that a frontier can change. Before the Dutch arrived at the Cape, there was no frontier. The Dutch settlers began to move further and further away from … As they moved into the southern African interior, these Dutch settlers, also called Trekboers or Boers, made contact …

… at the cape, by the middle this century the first Khoikhoi-Dutch war is fought and slavery is entrenched. Throughout the … Tswana, Xhosa etc). 1601 Joris van Spilbergen, leading a Dutch fleet, casts anchor in the Bay of Saldaha (Aguada da … a trading monopoly and the right to acquire and govern Dutch possessions in the Orient for a period of 21 years. …

… was not re-captured but his land had already slipped into Dutch hands.   Robbed of her Khoikhoi identity at eight  Krotoa, pygmalioned into a Dutch girl, was baptised and re-named Eva. Subtly programmed … to manipulate and betray her people and to serve the Dutch East India Company Krotoa became the most spirited …

… British travellers also visited the Cape and later the Dutch settlement throughout the 1600s and 1700s making … the Netherlands. In an armed conflict that ensued, the Dutch were defeated by the British and an estimated 1200 … the British handed the Cape back to the newly installed Dutch Batavian government in 1803. When the Napoleonic War …

… maintain a dominant position in the region. In 1641, the Dutch seized the slave trade in Angola away from the … military powers. When larger European nations like the Dutch, English and French arrived in the area, Portuguese … African religions or no religion at all. The Process of Dutch Colonisation and Dutch East India Company The Dutch …

… of life on board a slave ship. Source: Unknown. The Dutch initially did not have a sufficient labour force to … sources of labour, the local Khoikhoi pastoralists, Dutch immigrants or people from passing ships, and the … the area around Angola and destined for Brazil before the Dutch captured the ship and brought it to the Cape. The …

… 1835 Migration of disaffected Dutch farmers from the Cape Colony 1836 Louis Trichardt and … South African Republic 1867 Schoemansdal evacuated by the Dutch and subsequently sacked by the BaVenda. 1871 Discovery … British. Rise of nationalist political fervour among the Dutch population. 1880-81 Dutch declare war and gain …

… 1602 20 March, The Dutch East India Company (VOC) comes into being. 1652 Jan van Riebeeck, a representative of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), establishes a station at the … tip of Africa. 1656 The first conflict between the Dutch and local Khoi erupt at the Cape. 1657 The first 12 …

… Cape to establish a station at which ships of the United Dutch Chartered East Indian Company could obtain fresh … station changed into a colony proper. It remained Dutch in character, despite employing men from all over … 1700s. The statement by Hendrik Bibault, who was of French-Dutch extract, namely “‘K ben een Africaander” in 1707 is …

… land, it was difficult to keep large herds of cattle. Dutch and British farmers had very different ideas about land … Eastern Cape led to a great deal of conflict between the Dutch and British settlers on the one side and the Xhosa on … as the 100-year war. The conflict started in 1778 when the Dutch governor of the Cape made the Great Fish River the …

… borrow reading material already had 250 English and 100 Dutch books. Afrikaners participated in all of these cultural societies and activities.Dutch newspapers, for example De Tijd, De Express and De … life of Afrikaners in the Free State and promoted the Dutch language as forerunner of Afrikaans. Education Shortly …

… after the VOC established their presence at the Cape. Dutch settlers at the Cape of Good Hope arrived in 1652 when … trading vessels plying the Europe-East Indies route. The Dutch settlers were given land and required to produce enough … the colonization and occupation of their lands by the Dutch were taken as political prisoners or shipped to exile …

… dispossession began at the Cape with the expansion of the Dutch colonial settlement established by Jan van Riebeeck  on behalf of the Dutch East India Company  (VOC). Initially, he was authorised … seized from the Khoikhoi, and later the San, to increase Dutch grazing pastures, expand their farming activities and …

… seals and tortoises. Its name "robben" is derived from the Dutch, meaning a seal. It also had a plentiful supply of … plenty of seals, tortoises and penguins for hunting. The Dutch also began to use the island as a grazing station for … station did not go unnoticed, and in about 1671 the Dutch began to place their convicted criminals upon it. It …

… early colonisation in South Africa The Empty Land Myth The Dutch and the Khoikhoi The Dutch Settlement Treks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s Second …