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… In 1873 the Dutch language was accepted in the Cape Parliament. This was … The petition served as a formal plea for the use of both Dutch and English languages. The petition was finally … When the Union of South Africa was established in 1910, Dutch became an official language alongside English. On 5 May …

… school for freed slaves. The proposal was supported by the Dutch Reformed Church, and the building, now named after St … In 1857 its congregation it was incorporated into the Dutch Reformed Church, and the building was purchased by its Elders, making it, reputedly, the only Dutch Reformed Church to bear the name of a saint. During the …

… Town) in 1652 to set up a refreshment station for the Dutch East India Company. It wasn't long before the company … Bay in 1653. Upon arriving, he named it 'T'Houtbaaitjen' (Dutch for 'Bay of Wood'), noting in his journal that its …

… Pamphlet containing a statement by Ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church on their stance in rejecting apartheid … Black Ministers of the Dutch Reformed Church: statement on apartheid …

… Foreign Firms in SA Dutch 1987 - 1990 …

… Dutch Reformed Church, 23 Main Street, Jansenville …

… Dutch Reformed Church, Weyers Street, Durbanville-Bergsig …

… The Struggle over land - Khoikhoi meet Dutch …

… The crisis in the Dutch Reformed churches …

… Dr. Jan Bouws, Dutch composer, is born …

… 1980 and 1983, he served on the Revolutionary Council (RC) of the ANC that was chaired by the Oliver Tambo . When …

… Daniel Lindley instituted the first congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange Free State, which makes … day the founding day of the church in that province. The Dutch Reformed Church arrived in South Africa in the … gained recognition as the state religion in 1651, and the Dutch East India Company, as an extension of the state in …

… of 57 in Batavia, now Jakarta, Indonesia, in the former Dutch East Indies. He landed at the Cape in April 1652 to … station for ships travelling to the East on behalf of the Dutch East India Company . Van Riebeek landed in three ships, … and then commenced to fortify it as a way station for the Dutch East India Company trade route between the Netherlands …

… Horrified by apparent infiltration of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) by non-whites, right-wingers … Afrikaners only. This followed a meeting of around 2500 Dutch Reformed Church members which took place towards the … The Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed …

… Before the rise of Nazism, the ministers of the Dutch Reformed churches did not interfere with the trade unions, but from 1934 is the three Dutch Reformed Churches in South Africa began to play a … no colour bar. In May 1937, the Synod of the leading Dutch Reformed Church set up a special commission to inquire …

… Dutch Reformed Church and Parsonage, Three Anchor Bay …

… On 13 October 1998, the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) rejoined the World Alliance of …   [Accessed: 9 October 2013]| Anon, (unknown)(1999),  Dutch Reformed Church. Testimony before the Truth and …  [Accessed: 9 October 2013]| Brown , S. (2007)  Dutch Reformed Church should repent of apartheid, says world …

… individual arrivals continued sporadically until the Dutch government withdrew state subsidies in 1707. One of the … in 1671. There was a significant encouragement from the Dutch East India Company for the Huguenots to settle at the Cape. This was because like the Dutch, the Huguenots were Calvinists. Along with the Dutch, …

… The Cape Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside with Dutch in the church. …

… But having witnessed first hand the capacity of the Dutch to reduce indigenous people to positions of servitude, … and of the fact that he had become so devoted to the Dutch that he doubted whether he could live with his fellow … welcomed im­prisonment as an opportunity to enjoy Dutch hospitality). He was particularly scathing in his …

… find a sea route to the spice lands of East Asia, numerous Dutch ships, called Indiamen, dared the demanding route to … people who lived on the peninsula. On 25 March 1647 the Dutch Indiaman, the Nieuwe Haerlem, one of a fleet of … and a fellow officer, Nicolaas Proot were required by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) Directorate to compile a …

… Krotoa (known as Eva to the Dutch and English settlers) was the niece of Autshumao , a Khoi leader and interpreter to the Dutch (he was known as Harry/Herry first by the English and then by the Dutch). A young Krotoa, of about 10 or 11 years old, was … Afrikaans version by Andre Brink, drawing on the early Dutch East Indies Company journals, archival researcher Dan …

… Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters: The development of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) shipping network in Asia by …

… The first Dutch Reformed Church in Stellenbosch is consecrated. …

… Britain agrees to hand back all Dutch colonial possessions. …

… The Dutch expel Portuguese from Gold Coast in Africa. …

… On 3 October 1685 the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam decided to send French … Africa, where they could enjoy religious freedom. The Dutch East India Company encouraged the Huguenots to … Tafelberg Publishers: Cape Town. Pg 60.| hugenoot, ' the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam decided to send French …