The 350th anniversary of the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck at the Cape from Holland ... It was announced on Friday that the city of Cape Town and the provincial government had agreed to a ...

JAN VAN RIEBEECK ... Cape on the way to or from the East Indies, as fresh water, meat and vegetables could be obtained there. In 1648, two Dutch ships were wrecked near the present site of Cape ...

The nation cannot escape racist perceptions Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of the gorgeous city of Cape Town, was pretty forthright about the local black population he found there in 1652 ...

It is a historical fact that Jan van Riebeeck arrived ... to this part of the world, Van Riebeeck continues to be presented as someone we should value. His statue occupies centre stage on the main ...

President Jacob Zuma's assertion that the problems in South Africa started with the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck ... ANC's 103rd birthday this year at the Cape Town stadium, the praise singer ...

“I did just what Jan van Riebeeck did – he invaded the land; I occupied it,” said Paulsen. And he promised that the party would also target more affluent areas of Cape Town as they continued occupying ...

A jan van Riebeek statue ... gardens and for establishing Cape Town as a viable port en route to and from the East. There is a lot more I could tell Van Riebeeck. Like everyone, I think he ...

It is the beginning of dispossession,” he said. “In that year, Jan van Riebeeck arrived at the Cape, sent by the Dutch East India Company. He did not come as a tourist. He did not come as a ...

The oldest Christian congregation came to the Cape even earlier, with Jan van Riebeeck in 1652 ... present-day Grand Parade as well as at the Castle of Good Hope. George Hofmeyr, chief editor ...