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… 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 …

… become president of the Transvaal, and thus unite the two Dutch republics of South Africa; but as the project was …

… the USA, he met Patty van Heijiningen, the daughter of a Dutch radiologist. They subsequently married and had two …

… The Africa Groups also invited Esau du Plessis from the Dutch Boycott Outspan Action Group to speak about boycotting …

… 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 …

… its own literature. Pannevis the linguist considered Dutch too far removed from the experience of the ordinary … of Afrikaners, those with Afrikaans hearts, those with Dutch hearts and those with English hearts. It resolved to … Meanwhile, a rival campaign for the recognition of Dutch was initiated by JH Hofmeyr in 1878. While the two …

… Western world. Nevertheless, for the commercially active Dutch the Cape was the ideal halfway station on the sea route to the East, and the Dutch East India Company (VOC) established a refreshment post … Bay (present day Cape Town).  In 1657 officials (mostly Dutch and Germans) could retire from the Company's service …

… Prehistory of Southern Africa The Dutch East India Company (VOC) established Cape Town as a … cattle and sheep from Khoe (KhoiKhoi) pastoralists. The Dutch called these people ‘Hottentots’, but the people … Cochoqua and Namaqua. Further north in the mountains, Dutch explorers met small hunter-gatherers called Sonqua by …

… the British to prevent France taking possession of the Dutch colonies. Britain obliged and, as a result, occupied … the unrest on the eastern frontier. The Burgers (mainly Dutch farmers) and the African Population on the frontier … of the Cape was a great improvement upon the rule of the Dutch East India Company, which had lasted from 1652 to 1795. …

… San , and especially the slaves, were not forced to learn Dutch, or to speak it, then the language Afrikaans would not … Lanka). [32] [33] Afrikaans is therefore influenced by ‘Dutch; the seafarer variants of Malay, Portuguese and … expression baie dankie/‘many thanks’ is half-derived from Dutch (hartelijk dank) and Malay (banyak) respectively. [38] …

… In the late 17th and early 18th century the Dutch at the Cape Colony only had contact with the Khoikhoi and San peoples. The Dutch farmers moved further north to colonise more land to … to meet the requirements of the service post set up by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) at the Cape of Good Hope. …

… conflicts, firstly against Portuguese sailors and later Dutch settlers. Various groups of people such as the Khoikhoi … and livestock to colonists. Slaves brought in by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to the Cape also fought …

… This was the original model of colonialism brought by the Dutch in 1652, and subsequently exported from the Western … first colony at Cape Town in 1652, was an official of the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch marked their permanence by building a five-pointed …

… of Good Hope. Van Riebeeck had signed a contract with the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to oversee the setting up of a refreshment station to supply Dutch ships on their way to the East. Sailing on the … However, a few months after their arrival in the Cape, the Dutch Republic and England became engaged in a naval war (10 …

… and engravings which show us how they lived. When the Dutch colonised the Cape in the 17th century there were San … of southern Africa. The San were called Bushmen by the Dutch, because they made their homes in the bush. …

… at the Cape colony.  During the first four years of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) settlement at the Cape only a … slave trade. This all changed when, on 28 March 1685, the Dutch merchantman, the Amersfoort , anchored at the Cape with … unwilling to perform the labour for the meagre reward the Dutch tried to offer them, and so sailors and soldiers from …

… of companies Jan Van Riebeeck and his crew, holding the Dutch East India Company flag, arrive at the Cape of Good … a strategic reason for acquiring a colony. As long as the Dutch controlled the Cape, they controlled the sea route to the East. The Dutch built a fort on the Cape peninsula to defend the colony …

… after the cessation of hostilities; the second was that of Dutch men on their way to commando duty; and the third … stocks of light ale were liberally plundered by thirsty Dutch burghers . Even the momentary confusion surrounding the … shafts, but the plot was foiled by local residents led by Dutch officials and by 1902 the gold industry had once again …

… soon after it emerged, making demands for the rights of Dutch speakers. The Zuid Afrikaansche Boeren Beschermings … the formation of the Boerenvereeniging, and had called for Dutch to be recognised as an official language in Parliament … for the Albert branch to work towards: the right to speak Dutch in Parliament; the redemption of colonial debt; the …

… the name of Sekhukhune was a name of dread, first to the Dutch and then to the English Colonists of the Transvaal and …

… They are unwritten laws. Common law is based on Roman Dutch law (laws that were brought by the Dutch when they arrived in South Africa). The courts used …

… - (1910-1948). Jan van Riebeeck and his expedition of Dutch Calvinist settlers landed at the Cape on 6 April 1652.  van Riebeeck had received a commission from the Dutch East India Trading Company (VOC) to establish a … Mozambique, Madagascar, and South East Asia.  Soon more Dutch settlers arrived followed by settlers from all over …

… India. This route became very important. In 1652 a large Dutch trading company, the Dutch East India Company, sent one of their employees, Jan … still an overseas department of France. The Netherlands Dutch colonisers were quite active in the Americas. In the …

… his flocks and herds. Around 1626 Coree was killed by the Dutch apparently for refusing to give them food. Coree’s … as a trade intermediary for the British and later for the Dutch as he negotiated with various Khoikhoi groups. In 1653 … was accused of stealing Company cattle and killing the Dutch herdsman David Janz. Van Riebeeck arrested him, and …