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… The Dutch East India Company (VOC) was established as a trading … call at the Cape to replenish their supplies. In 1647, a Dutch ship, the Nieuwe Haerlem, was wrecked at Table Bay and …

… (ANCYL). Buthelezi studied Bantu Administration, Roman-Dutch Law and Criminal Law at the University. Here he met …

… also used to refer to subordinate Blacks who could speak Dutch, ride and shoot. On White owned farms, Bastaards or … the Griquas, tired of the constant friction with their Dutch neighbours in the Orange Free State, sold them their … of conflicting claims from the Khoikhoi, Tswana and Dutch groups. In March 1871, the diamond field claims were …

… also used to refer to subordinate Blacks who could speak Dutch, ride and shoot. On White owned farms, Bastaards or … the Griquas, tired of the constant friction with their Dutch neighbours in the Orange Free State, sold them their … of conflicting claims from the Khoikhoi, Tswana and Dutch groups.In March 1871, the diamond field claims were …

… additions have given it an overlay of unique Cape Dutch, Georgian and Victorian architectural features. It was … yet still retaining the idiom of the 18th Century Cape Dutch style. In 1853 the Property was acquired by JC Wrensch …

… is mostly Afrikaans and Zulu speaking. The influence of Dutch Architecture became very pronounced in the Historical … Buildings, that were built there. The frontage of the Dutch Reformed Church features a Burghers Memorial to fallen …

… of the sultan of Macassar, was banished to the Cape by the Dutch East India Company (DEIC). He arrived on board De … on enslaved people at the Cape, he was housed by the Dutch East India Company on the farm Zandvliet, located …

… back to as early as 1652 when the first officials from the Dutch East India Company settled there. Reaching Table Bay in … to note that during the early period of slavery the Dutch East India Company forbade the enslavement of the … New Year has always been a big event at the Cape, and its Dutch influence is clearly witnessed. During the seventeenth …

… When the Dutch first landed at the Cape on 6 April 1652, under the … in 1796, and what meagre resistance was put up by the Dutch at the time took place further inland. It was declared … one fortification was erected close to its site before the Dutch ever landed. …

… stages of the invasion had been carried out by the Dutch over a Io period during which they had decimated the … while the rest remained as serfs in the Colony. The Dutch had then settled down to an isolated feudal existence … a more advanced stage of civilization than the feudal Dutch at the Cape, namely, capitalism, with its superior …

… from Royal Dux and Royal Doulton to Chinese, Japanese and Dutch items – a collection rarely seen elsewhere. There is … Other items of note include; Art Deco Figurines, a 1699 Dutch Family Bible  and Pierneef, Walter Battiss and Maggie …

… dispossession of local Khoikhoi pastoralists by early Dutch settlers that opened up the area for European … and the East. The shore was permanently settled by the Dutch in 1652. …

… This Dutch East  'Indiaman', was outbound when she tried to put; … salvaged in the early 1970s, yielding almost exclusively Dutch silver Ducatoons from the 1600s. The number of coins …

…   In 1679, Simon van der Stel requested land, from the Dutch East India Company as a reward for loyal service! He … a working wine estate through to the present day. The Cape Dutch Manor House, is known as Groot Constantia, was … restored by architect FK Kendall in 1926-27. A second Cape Dutch Manor House on the property, known as: 'Hoop op …

… quarry, and for game.  It wasn't long after the first Dutch settlement at the cape, however, before the island … spread diseases were sent to the island; first by the Dutch, then British colonial officials. It was under the …

… serve. Most of these officers were from Austro-Hungarian, Dutch and German Batteries. Many of these men were … This Commando System was based on the loosely-knit Cape-Dutch Commando, which ensured the defence of the Cape through … were also frequently given drill instruction according to Dutch doctrines. Much of the knowledge regarding artillery …

… The first was that at the time when the British and the Dutch were approaching the frontier there had been a few … were very few and isolated incidents, the British and the Dutch jumped on them and vociferously used them to make a … had been living in the region for millennia when the Dutch first arrived. Their plight, and their undeniable …

… Early Dutch Settlers soon realised that Hout Bay could serve as an … winds made Table Bay unsafe. However, successive Dutch and British administrations also perceived that the Bay …

… De Zuid-Afrikaan (The South African) was the first proper Dutch newspaper in South Africa, and was first published on 9 … was initially published partly in English and partly in Dutch, and started off as a weekly of four pages, until 1841 …

… "Houtbaai" (Wood Bay) as it was named by the Dutch settlers while they explored the Bay behind Table … relates to the quantity of excellent timber which early Dutch settlers found to be growing in its ravines. It is also …

… , who was a leader of the Voortrekkers (descendants of the Dutch who migrated to South Africa in the 1830s) [vii] and …

… to this day in history search archive Walvis Bay, from the Dutch for "Whale Bay", is situated in Namibia, along the west … the area has been contested, and the area has been under Dutch, British, German and South African control respectively …

… In 1815, tensions between the British and Dutch were running high. The Dutch settlers strongly (and correctly) suspected the British …

… 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 …

… deposits of limestone. Its name was derived from the Dutch term for chalk. In 1795 the Dutch located a small military outpost here, and after 1806 … a little fishing hamlet, consisting of a few old-fashioned Dutch houses , and a dozen or so of fishermen's huts …

… than 300 years old. In the Cape, as many languages like Dutch, French, German and Malay were spoken, these were mixed … to South Africa. The word 'Afrikaans' means 'African' in Dutch. Today, Afrikaans is the third most widely spoken home … still standing. It was built between 1666 and 1679 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) , a big trading company from …

… The Settlement at the Cape of Good Hope was founded by the Dutch in 1652 and the signal guns were originally part of the … Napoleonic Wars , Britain took the Cape Colony from the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) in Dutch). The VOC transferred its Territories and claims to the …

… Centenary in September 2013). There is a larger than most Dutch Reformed Church (seating as many as 1750 people at a … and the main road has been recently upgraded. Its stone Dutch Reformed Church is larger than the Sydney Opera House …

… containing an interview with Allan Boesak about the Dutch Reformed Christian Church. …

… as the Summer House, which was built originally by the Dutch East India Company on the Rustenburg Estate. The … known as The Woolsack , is an interesting blend of Cape Dutch and neoclassical features, and was rebuilt by Herbert …