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… Wiliam’s Town. 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 …

… Mandela , 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 … and its possessions in the East Indies. Soon more Dutch settlers arrived followed by settlers from all over …

… circumference of the earth.' 1590's The English and the Dutch begin to call regularly at Table Bay on their way to … Houtman reach São Bras. This is the first contact of the Dutch with the coast of Southern Africa. Timeline: Cape Town … 1601 Joris van Spilbergen, leading a Dutch fleet, casts anchor in the Bay of Saldaha (Aguada da …

… circumference of the earth.' 1590's The English and the Dutch begin to call regularly at Table Bay on their way to … Houtman reach São Bras. This is the first contact of the Dutch with the coast of Southern Africa. …

… the VOC of creating a barrier between the Khoikhoi and the Dutch settlers was a trench between Salt and Liesbeeck rivers … in Worden et al, p. 25). The hedge was aimed at protecting Dutch settlers from attacks by the Khoikhoi and preventing … became a source of friction between Khoikhoi and the Dutch. For instance, in 1655 when the Khoikhoi built their …

… experience at the Cape in 1652. Six years after the Dutch East India Company established its colony at the Cape, … Riebeeck for the slave children brought to the Cape in the Dutch ship, the Amersfoort, which had captured them off a … extremely oppressive, we have, in this first 150 years of Dutch occupation of the Cape, a number of deeply important …

… acknowledged by colonial settlers. In 1652, the Dutch East India Company (VOC)  founded a refreshment outpost … Cape territory in 1672. As a result of colonisation, the Dutch settlers brought with them Roman-Dutch law, which at that time was the official law of the …

… in the company of newfound families. 1686 16 February, The Dutch East India Company ship Stavemisse was grounded some … then sailed it to Cape Town where it was purchased by the Dutch administration. 1689 4 January, The Noord , sent by the Dutch administration at the Cape to search for additional …

… Cape as a colony of the British sparked the need of the Dutch colonists to differentiate themselves from the English … accelerated by the imposition of laws that alienated the Dutch colonists from the political and cultural mainstream of … was made the official language of the colony and the Dutch language was excluded from official, educational, …

… He sought to temper tensions between whites of English and Dutch origin, and tended towards a liberal capitalist stance. … cultural conquest, in which the English language replaced Dutch as the official language of the legislature, the courts … was to secure recognition for the languages of the Boers, Dutch and Afrikaans, thereby making it possible for Afrikaans …

… This was the original model of colonialism brought by the Dutch in 1652, and subsequently exported from the Western … the abolition of slavery in 1838. In South Africa under Dutch settlement, there was a shortage of labour, especially … use the Khoi people as slaves. The Khoi traded with the Dutch, providing cattle for fresh meat. The Khoi also …

… 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  Hans …

… Cape Town began as a small trading post run by the Dutch East India Company (DEIC) from the Netherlands. Sailing … little towns to the north and east. The Europeans included Dutch, French and German people. There were also slaves in … between them. In 1806 Britain took over the Cape from the Dutch East India Company. This caused unhappiness among the …

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

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… van der Stel, the last commander and first Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony, the settlement at the Cape of Good Hope, … , sent a party, under the instruction of Olaf Bergh, a Dutch East India Company  (VOC) employee, to collect what …

… in 1776 when a number of farms were allocated to local Dutch graziers. In 1799 the British erected a military …

… and they provide invaluable information about the Dutch, English and French East India Companies, as well as …