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Eerste River (Eersterivier in Afrikaans, [2] meaning "first river") is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa and a suburb of the City of Cape Town.It forms part of the Eastern Suburbs zone of the city situated behind the Stellenbosch/Vlaeberg Hills on the eastern outskirts of the city. .
Stellenbosch (/ ˈ s t ɛ l ə n b ɒ s /; [3] Afrikaans: [ˈstælənˌbɔs]) [4] [5] is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated about 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Cape Town, along the banks of the Eerste River at the foot of the Stellenbosch Mountain.
The Eerste River catchment covers the eastern part of the Cape Flats lying to the west of the Hottentots Holland Mountains and south of the Tygerberg where the Kuils River tributary rises east of Kanonkop. The Eerste River is a short river; its length has been given as 40 km. The major tributary, Kuils River, is approximately 30 km long to its ...
Jackie King began her academic career as a young mother in Cape Town. In 1973 she earned a BSc in Zoology and Chemistry at the University of Cape Town and studied macoinvertebrate fauna in the Eerste River in Stellenbosch for fieldwork to support a University of Cape Town PhD that she was awarded in 1983.
The Coetzenburg Estate lies on the banks of the Eerste River at the foot of the Stellenbosch Mountain in the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa. [16] Stellenbosch is part of the Cape Winelands and is renowned for its viticulture, orchards and picturesque mountain scenery. [17]
The Ou Hoofgebou (Former Main Administration building, now the Law Faculty) on Stellenbosch University campus Stellenbosch University Museum Old logo used until 2021, incorporating the coat of arms granted in 1918. The origin of the university can be traced back to the Stellenbosch Gymnasium, which was founded in 1864 and opened on 1 March 1866.
After co-signing for 2 kilometres, the R310 becomes Adam Tas Street westwards while the R44 remains heading southwards as Strand Street, crossing the Eerste River. [2] From Stellenbosch, the R44 heads southwards for 16 kilometres, becoming Broadway Boulevard and entering the Helderberg region of the City of Cape Town, to pass through the ...
The university was established in 1959 by the South African apartheid government as a university for Coloured people only. Other universities in Cape Town are the University of Cape Town (originally for English-speaking whites ), Cape Peninsula University of Technology , and Stellenbosch University (originally for Afrikaans -speaking whites).