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… So a characteristic wine farm is transformed into a Dutch homestead, or a Long Street cafe becomes a Parisian …

… P. Joseph (scorer – Colts), Alexus Smuts, Tommy Kelaart, RC Dunn, EA Joseph, AT Pollocks, J Forsyth, Tommy Hilder … this was a team of Boer prisoners of war, most of them Dutch speaking Afrikaners. In this two-part series, Arunabha … apparently least involved in the game of cricket — the Dutch-speaking Afrikaners. In popular perception, the …

… a refreshment post at the Cape for sailors of the Dutch East India Trading Company (DEIC). [4] By 1657 the first free burghers, who became known as the Dutch settlers, were allowed by the DEIC to start farming at … [6] At this time of the importation of slaves, the Dutch settlers also came into contact with the Khoi. Many of …

… were the first native people to come into contact with the Dutch settlers in the mid 17th century. As the Dutch took over land for farms, the Khoikhoi were … and after that, it was simply known as the Groot Rivier. A Dutch soldier of Scottish extraction, Robert Jacob Gordon, …

… segregation in South Africa began with the arrival of the Dutch and English colonisers.   Following its victory in the …

… the Transvaal and Orange Free State. Boers :  Boer is the Dutch or Afrikaans word for “farmer”.  In the context of the … War and Union, “Boer” refers to the descendants of the Dutch/Afrikaans-speaking settlers in southern African during … sooner. Voortrekkers :  A member of one of the groups of Dutch-speaking people who migrated by wagon from the Cape …

… peace talks in 1660, which brought to a close the first Dutch-Khoikhoi war in the Cape. It was to be the first of … migration into the interior. Three decisions by the VOC (Dutch East India Company) altered the course of history in …

… to the Transvaal. The Boers had to lay down their weapons. Dutch would still be taught in schools and used in courts. A …

… With the coming of the Dutch settlers, the Khoikhoi faced a stronger demand for … Since he had witnessed first hand the capacity of the Dutch to reduce indigenous people to positions of servitude, … for Doman, his earlier attempts at Khoikhoi trade with the Dutch, exclusive to the peninsular Khoikhoi groups, left him …

… the Orange Free State, Natal and the Cape Province. Dutch and English were the two official languages. However, there were attempts to gradually replace Dutch with Afrikaans. On 23 April 1914 C.J. Langenhoven, … Provincial Council proposed that Afrikaans should replace Dutch as the medium of instruction in all primary schools up …

… On March 28 1658 the Dutch merchant ship the Amersfoort  anchored at Table Bay … half a year before the arrival of the Amersfoort ,  the Dutch East India Company (VOC) Commissioner Rijckloff van … at the Cape in 1658, only 20 of them were categorised as ‘Dutch women and children’, with probably only half that …

… the settlement from the Heren XVII. On 28 March 1658, the Dutch merchantman, the Amersfoort , arrived in Table Bay with … family units.” [i] This was however not possible in the Dutch-ruled Cape Colony. Some would go so far as to claim … in general use at the Cape in the eighteenth Century were Dutch, Portuguese Creole and Malay. Those slaves originating …

… border . 19 October, Paul Kruger goes on board the Dutch cruiser, De Gelderland, that is diverted from sea by …

… fleet arrived off Simon’s Town in early June, 1795. The Dutch troops in Simon’s Town pulled back to their fort in … to the Castle in Cape Town , it was suggested that the Dutch should hand over the Cape to the British . This was … delegation returned to Simon’s Town. The site of the Dutch fort at Muizenberg is the land immediately adjacent to …

… HA Naidoo. Mrs Pather had purchased the property from the Dutch Reformed Church on 17 December 1942. By 13 March 1943 …

… 1795, British forces launched an amphibious assault on Dutch defensive positions at Muizenberg during their campaign to capture the Cape Colony. The engagement saw Dutch East India Company troops, burgher militia from … poem represents an early instance where the emerging Cape Dutch vernacular - rather than standard Dutch  - appeared in …

… of the Batavian Republic was hoisted on the Castle. The Dutch only governed for three years (1803-1806), but their … of the Cape was a great improvement upon the rule of the Dutch East India Company, which had lasted from 1652 to 1795. … Good Hope from its first occupation in 1652 is as follows: Dutch rule in the cape colony 1652 - 1795 British occupation …

… "In 1652 a few Malays of Batavia were brought by the Dutch into the Residency, and subsequent Settlement of the … 1654 Arrival of first Asiatic at the Cape Around 1654 the Dutch East India Company established the Cape as a half­way … in his book, History of South Africa before 1795, on the Dutch East India Company, "With her [the Haaselt] came the …

… be more fully developed in the future. Early newspapers Dutch and Afrikaans newspapers emerged early in the 19th … language of the Afrikaners, with Hofmeyr favouring High Dutch to Afrikaans. Du Toit, one of the founders of the … Bond’s biggest successes in the early 1890s was in growing Dutch newspapers. New newspapers included Ons Land, De Paarl, …

… Beweging Nederland (AABN), which was part of the Dutch Anti-Apartheid Movement, organised the Culture in …

… here. By the beginning of 1837, parties of disaffected Dutch farmers , emigrating from the Cape , began to spill … to recall his men. Delighted with this turn of events, the Dutch now established the Republic of Natalia , with its … on the site now occupied by the Old Fort. In response, a Dutch commando then appeared at Port Natal and after pitching …

… The Dutch Reformed Church, Pretoria was established in 1854, when … with regards to the Apartheid era.  As “Moederkerk” of the Dutch Reformed tradition in this area, the Grootkerk was … by young newly weds and small babies.   After 1991 the Dutch Reformed Church rapidly started to loose members. …

… It was at this conference that the Revolutionary Council (RC) was established. It emphasised the need for better … between external centres and the 'home front'. The RC was also charged with overall planning, preparation and … Mabhida, who later succeeded Dadoo, and Joe Slovo. The RC was chaired by the ANC President, which highlighted the …

… located off the coast Cape Town and was named as such by Dutch explorers who encountered many seals on the island. It … 1488 by the Portuguese explorer, Batholomeu Dias. When the Dutch colonized South African in the 17th century, the island … who were imprisoned on Robben Island as they protested to Dutch rule of their countries. When the British took control …

… to the Cape from their homeland in the East because the Dutch feared them as a threat to their political and economic … Sultan Ajung of Bantam, Gowa, in his war against the Dutch. Twice Sheikh Yusuf escaped from Dutch custody in the East, but was finally persuaded in 1694 …

… and Nederburgh were Commissioner-Generals of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and were sent to assist … the burgher economy. Nederburgh, who was a conservative Dutch statesman, was later responsible for the Charter of 1801, or Nederburgh's Charter, which established Dutch colonial policy after the government took over the VOC. …

… 14,434 residents, of whom 6,894 were literate In 1833 the Dutch Reformed Church constituted a parish in the district of … new district of Piquetberg. Its name was derived from the Dutch "piket" or the French "piquet", meaning a military … post, and may have its roots in the conflict between Dutch settlers and Khoikhoi in 1673-76. At that stage the …

… declared the territory as the 'Drakenstein', to be a Dutch East India Company possession to be exploited for agricultural purposes. The Dutch East India Company had largely broken Khoi resistance … Stel named the area Groot Drakenstein after visting the Dutch Commissioner, Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein. The …

… and after that, it was simply known as the Groot Rivier. A Dutch soldier of Scottish extraction, Robert Jacob Gordon, … also used to refer to subordinate Blacks who could speak Dutch, ride and shoot. External links: 1.  South Africa West …