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Built in 1967, the main building was originally a building called Saasveld House situated in Kloof Street, Cape Town. Saasveld House was the home of Dutch East India Company employee William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn, the son of Baron Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn, built on land granted to his father in the 1740s. [2] The architect ...
This is a list of the heritage sites in Cape Town's CBD, the Waterfront, and the Bo-Kaap as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. [1] [2]For additional provincial heritage sites declared by Heritage Western Cape, the provincial heritage resources authority of the Western Cape Province of South Africa, please see the entries at the end of the list.
This is a list of the heritage sites in Cape Town's Bo-Kaap as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. [1] [2]For the purposes of this list all sites on the south eastern side of Lion's Head and signal hill, northwest of Buitengracht – New Church Street – Kloof Nek Road and southwest of the Waterfront are listed here, which includes Schottse Kloof and Tamboerskloof.
Kloof Nek Road, one of South Africa's oldest roads, was built in 1848 as an access road for the suburban pass with the same name which was used primarily as a look-out post for soldiers and a supply route to Camps Bay. The route starts at Kloof Street on the edge of the city bowl and turns into Camps Bay Road at the end of a mountain pass ...
A 30-year-old woman finds herself seeking support on Reddit after her brother asked her to allow his emotional support goat, Clover, to stay at her home — and she refused his request.
The name Tamboerskloof is derived from the Dutch and Afrikaans words tamboer (drum) and kloof (valley). When Dutch settlers arrived and set up farms in the 1650s, they established the first of a series of lookout points at the site where Tamboerskloof lies today. From these lookout points, watchmen would beat drums to alert farmers in the area ...
Stops include: Mzolis Meat in the Gugulethu township, a butcher shop that serves South African barbecue called "Braai" (short for braaivleis, Afrikaans for roast braai + meat vleis) in their backyard, including "Boerewors", a traditional beef sausage with nutmeg, coriander seed, and garlic smoked on a wood-fired grill; Kloof Street House, a ...
District Six in 2014 District Six memorial plaque ANC election poster linking rival parties to the history of forced removals.. District Six (Afrikaans: Distrik Ses) is a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa.