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… Established for a group of about 600 indigenous Khoikhoi people by Johannes Theodorus van der Kemp of the … charity and a willingness to pay a fair wage. The Khoikhoi took to the fiery Van der Kemp version of … with simply providing a place of safety for runaway Khoikhoi, Van der Kemp began teaching his congregation to …

… out in the Cape Colony and wreaks devastation among the Khoikhoi. 1767 A smallpox epidemic breaks out in the Cape Colony and wreaks devastation among the Khoikhoi and nearly eradicates them. Those who survive become …

… the modern City of Cape Town is located) was inhabited by Khoikhoi pastoralists who used it seasonally as pastures for … on the shores of Table Bay they came into contact with Khoikhoi.  In the summer months the Khoikhoi moved around between the Areas of Table Bay, …

… The Korana or Kora were a nomadic Khoikhoi group that probably derived their name from a chief … to offspring of liaisons between Europeans, slaves and Khoikhoi. The term was also used to refer to subordinate …

… population. Good relations with the indigenous people, the Khoikhoi and the San, were to be maintained. Although Van … years of Van Riebeeck's arrival, the first war between the Khoikhoi and the Dutch broke out, as the Khoi clans tried to …

… Constantia . 1693: Van der Stel authorises attack on Khoikhoi Captain Dorha and his kraal after the group refused …

… It means 'wet rump', and given too thirsty, Khoikhoi hunters. Who had found water when they noticed that … had been gone for awhile, had a wet rump when it returned. Khoikhoi name of Okombahe.   A Settlement in the Erongo …

… hunter-gatherers. Then about 2 000 years ago (100 BC), the Khoikhoi herders came South, bringing sheep with them. The way of life of the Khoikhoi herders soon came into conflict with that of the San … call this period of history the Iron Age. Like the Khoikhoi, the Iron Age farmers also had domestic animals and …

… Khoikhoi name of the Lewerivier is Aiab. The Khoikhoi language is a National language in Namibia, also …

… for passing ships. By 1659 growing problems with their Khoikhoi neighbours forced the Dutch administration at the … Estate.  The Settlement lay in the path of traditional Khoikhoi grazing Routes and open Conflict between them broke … Boundary of the Settlement that would also prevent the Khoikhoi from raiding their livestock. In 1659 they started …

… conquest of the numerous groups in the region, with the Khoikhoi being among the last to be subdued. In some cases … amounts to genocide in exerting control over the nomadic, Khoikhoi groups in Namibia, then South West Africa. The Bondelswarts, a nomadic Khoikhoi group who settled in Warmbad in Namibia in 1905, …

… small ships and possibly barges to trade with the local Khoikhoi . Unlike the Khoisan , who lived in smaller … and survived through hunting and gathering . Whilst the Khoikhoi preferred to live in larger settlements of over 100 … was measured by the number of livestock they owned . The Khoikhoi mainly occupied the Cape region and they were the …

… disease or were forced to join other clans for survival. Khoikhoi tribe man from South Africa Image Source The San In … San had their lands invaded by cattle herding tribes (the Khoikhoi) from around 1 500 years ago, as well as by many … tried to take over their land. The conflict between the Khoikhoi and the San led to the San leaving certain areas to …

… The Khoikhoi was a nation of widely scattered migrant pastoralist … by more sedentary agriculturalist groups. Originally the Khoikhoi inhabited most of the Cape South of the Molopo and … ownership became the subject of conflicting claims from Khoikhoi, Tswana and Dutch groups. In March 1871 these claims …

… It was here that they had their first encounter with the Khoikhoi. A misunderstanding arose between them, and fearing attack, the Khoikhoi threw spears, wounding Da Gama in the thigh. …

… The settlers and government turned to the indigenous Khoikhoi people to fill the labour gap. Local farmers began employing more local Khoikhoi people when they ran short of labour at the Cape.  The Khoikhoi had lost their land to the colonisers in the late …

… labour for extended periods. Others, however, such as the Khoikhoi communities of the south-western Cape, disintegrated … peoples with whom the Dutch first came into contact, the Khoikhoi, had been settled in the region for at least a … and were an unwilling labour force. This is because the Khoikhoi were a pastoral people, and as long as they had …

… of cattle. In consequence of these repeated attacks, the (Khoikhoi), under the direction of the Missionary, Mr … the sea, should be added to the settlement, provided the (Khoikhoi) were industrious, and the number of their cattle so … population of Theopolis ranked low in comparison with the (Khoikhoi) of the other stations of the London Missionary …

… and run the refreshment station. At first, the local Khoikhoi were prepared to work from time to time, helping in … people thought he was white. He led a group of slaves and Khoikhoi people to Cape Town, where they planned to take over … They marched to Cape Town, gathering over 300 slaves and Khoikhoi servants along the way. When they got close to Cape …

… for the Far East, but an uneasy relationship with the Khoikhoi and San and unfavourable climatic conditions forced … Town was claimed by right of conquest by the Company, and Khoikhoi were warned to stay away, except to barter. …

… above, slave resistance incorporated other groups such as Khoikhoi and displaced San communities. Some slaves ran away … on the Amersfort ran away and were last reported by Khoikhoi to have been seen in Saldanha Bay. By August of that …

… This Ordinance has been called 'The Magna Carta of the Khoikhoi', as it determined that the Khoikhoi was equal to White people and did not need to carry …

… between the Dutch sailors aboard the ‘Mauritius’ and the Khoikhoi locals of South Africa near Mossel Bay… The sailors … meat and vegetables, to stop the onset of scurvy and the Khoikhoi locals wanted protection from all these unknown sea …

… friendly to the exiting government". The dwellings of the Khoikhoi also evicted some comment from Burchell in 1811: … to great drought during the summer. "The number of (Khoikhoi) houses immediately round the church, is not greater … place to place, a wild independent people. "The tribe of (Khoikhoi) now at Klaarwater, had its origin from the two …

… life on the frontier and included portraits of the Khoikhoi and Africans as well as landscapes. …

… St Helena, where they had their first encounter with the Khoikhoi (Hottentots). A misunderstanding arose between them, and fearing attack, the Khoikhoi threw spears, wounding Da Gama in the thigh. The … and then burnt it, while Da Gama traded gifts with the Khoikhoi. However, they offended the Khoikhoi when they took …

… the way they used to live. Rock paintings The San, and the Khoikhoi, who arrived in southern Africa after the …

… The village of Gonubie derived its name from a Khoikhoi term for the brambleberry bush. …

… Khoikhoi name of Rooiberg, some 10km from Eksteenfontein . …