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PlaceAmandelboom, Town in Northern Cape
… our flock'. The local Population is predominantly Nama (of Khoikhoi descent), and the older generation still talks of … Group. The “Riel” is the ancient…
PlaceGonubie
… The village of Gonubie derived its name from a Khoikhoi term for the brambleberry bush. …
PlaceAbansuip, Hill in the Northern Cape
… Khoikhoi name of Rooiberg, some 10km from Eksteenfontein . …
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… enslaved members of the indigenous population, mostly the Khoikhoi or San and frequently male for domestic labour, …
PlaceGamtoos River
… The Gamtoos river probably derived its name from a Khoikhoi clan whose name was given by early Dutch settlers as …
ArchiveWars of resistance
… Paper by Jack Simons on wars of resistance. Covers the Khoikhoi and San resistance, the Xhosa wars against …
PlaceAmamakop, a Hill in the Northern Cape
… about 43 km from Aggeney's! The name is derived from the Khoikhoi word for- 'embrace', because the surrounding Dunes … about 43 km from Aggeney's! The name…
PlaceAnegas Range a Mountain in the Northern Cape
… and 22 km North-West of Leliefontein. The name comes from Khoikhoi . In the Kamiesberg Local Municipality. …
PlaceAgakoe Mountain, Eastern Cape
… at which Kariega River arises. The name is derived from Khoikhoi: 'aga' -full of reeds, and 'koe'-mountain. Rietberg …
ArticleXhosa
… developments of the southern Nguni, who intermarried with Khoikhoi and retained circumcision. For unknown reasons, … westwards in groups, they destroyed or…
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… another Indian slave who has remained unnamed and two Khoikhoi men. The group planned to march from the rural … the Cape and managed to successfully persuade…
PlaceAnhalt-Schmidt, a Mission Station in Little Karoo
… Missionary- Schmidt. Who in 1737 began to work among the Khoikhoi in the Western Cape Province. …
PlaceAbbasas Mountains, Namaqualand
… A Mountain Range 150 km from Springbok. The name of Khoikhoi origin and means 'to carry on one's back'; the …
PlaceAbachoreb, Northern Cape
… Valley, South of Steinkopf . The name is derived from Khoikhoi and means 'water hole dug by hand'. The Afrikaans …
PlaceAgieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape
… of the Bushfontein Stream. The name is derived from Khoikhoi for; 'dry river'! …
PlaceXumabokwe Hill, Queenstown
… hill', derived from the Languages of: Afrikaans; German; Khoikhoi. The Emampondweni Region is also nearby. …
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1800-1899
… as an attempt to regulate the relationship between the Khoikhoi and the colonists. In terms of the Act, each Khoikhoi within the confines of the colony had…
Mission Stations - N-S
… I observe a greater alteration or improvement that at the (Khoikhoi) town of Hooge Kraal, now called Pacaltsdorp, which … attended the school, which was…
PlaceAbeam, Namibia Border Post
… , on the road between Upington and Noenieput. The name has Khoikhoi origins and thought to mean: 'spying pool', …
Place'Abbervlaack', a Railway Station in the Northern Cape
… plain, known as Abbevlak. The name is derived from the Khoikhoi name of Sagewood trees, which cover this area. The …
PlaceAmandel, a Railway Siding in the Eastern Cape
… Jan van Riebeeck, was dried then roasted and eaten by the Khoikhoi. … Jan van Riebeeck, was dried then roasted and eaten by the Khoikhoi. …
PlacePhillipton
… much of his working life to promoting the rights of the Khoikhoi. Like Van der Kemp at Bethelsdorp, he scandalised … and of still humbler ones, with a few…
PlaceAnagob, a Mountain Peak in Northern Cape
… and 60 km North-West of Keimoes. The name is of Khoikhoi origin means 'Tree Hill' recorded as such in 1778. …
Place'Abbakwap' a Mountain were the Fish and Orange Rivers Merge
… confluence of the Fish River with the Orange River. This a Khoikhoi name for 'Rooilepel', and means 'red spoon' when …
PlaceCwanguba
… Chief Tsiwo! The name is thought to be a Xhosa adaption of Khoikhoi,'Howagu'-graves. Shaka Zulu's forces escaped into …
PlaceMamre, Cape Town
… the European settler's cattle from theft by the indigenous KhoiKhoi people. In 1808, when the Cape Colony was again …
PlaceCommittees Drift, Eastern Cape
… as as "kommetjies", indicating that its origins may be of Khoikhoi or Dutch origin. In Dutch "kommetjies" are a series …
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… . 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 …
PlaceAmikoob, a Plain in the Willomore Area; (Vogelstruisleegte)
… Khoikhoi name of Vogelstruisleegte, a plain some 21 km North …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… life on the frontier and included portraits of the Khoikhoi and Africans as well as landscapes. …