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Netherlands–South Africa refers to the current and historical relations between the Netherlands and South Africa.Both nations share historic ties and have a long-standing special relationship, partly due to the Dutch colony in the Cape, linguistic similarity between Dutch and Afrikaans and the Netherlands' staunch support in the struggle against Apartheid.
The term Afrikaners or Afrikaans people [6] [7] [8] is generally used in modern-day South Africa for the white Afrikaans-speaking population of South Africa (the largest group of White South Africans) encompassing the descendants of both the Boers, and the Cape Dutch who did not embark on the Great Trek.
The 2024–25 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series is a cricket tournament that is taking place in Pakistan in February 2025. [1] It is a tri-nation series involving Pakistan , New Zealand and South Africa cricket teams, with the matches played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures. [ 2 ]
The Netherlands cricket team toured South Africa in November and December 2021 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches. [1] [2] The ODI series formed part of the inaugural 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League. [3] [4] The teams last played each other in May 2013, with South Africa winning a one-off ODI match. [5]
Defending champion England charged at Australia’s tournament-best 201 total and came up 36 runs short in a one-sided Twenty20 World Cup contest on Saturday. The first big heavyweight match — a ...
The Volksraad from Winburg was transferred to Potchefstroom and the South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek; the ZAR) was established as the name of the new country. [2]: 231 The Boer Republics were predominately Calvinist Protestant due to their Dutch heritage, and this played a significant role in their culture.
In November, the Dutch travelled to South Africa. They first played an Intercontinental Cup match against Bermuda: David Hemp achieved what was then a competition record score of 247 not out in the drawn match. [27] This was followed by a triangular series against Bermuda and Canada, which they won. [28]
Indian slaves from the Dutch colonies in India had been introduced into the Cape area of South Africa by the Dutch settlers in 1654. [64] By the end of 1847, following annexation by Britain of the former Boer republic of Natalia, nearly all the Boers had left their former republic, which the British renamed Natal.