Committees Drift, Eastern Cape

Name: Committees Drift, Eastern Cape
Address: ZA

Coordinates: 26.8330, -33.1500
Updated: 2 Oct 2020

google maps — Military Outpost of Committees Drift

Committees Drift was a military outpost established by the British during the frontier war of 1819. The name "committees" is pronounced by locals as as "kommetjies", indicating that its origins may be of Khoikhoi or Dutch origin. In Dutch "kommetjies" are a series of small depressions in the veld which, when combined with "Drift", does not make much sense.

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Committees Drift, Eastern Cape

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Committees Drift, Eastern Cape. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013753

South African History Online (2011) 'Committees Drift, Eastern Cape', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013753 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).

South African History Online, Committees Drift, Eastern Cape [website], https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013753, (accessed 22 July 2026).

"Committees Drift, Eastern Cape." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013753. Accessed 22 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Committees Drift, Eastern Cape." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013753.