South Africa: Political History and Notable Figures

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1652 - 1806 - Dutch Cape Colony (All Facts)

  • Colony founded by Jan van Riebeeck and the Dutch East India Company

    • Riebeeck had led a Dutch expeditionary force of 90 men on the namesake island “of Good Hope” which was backed by the Dutch East India Company

    • The expedition’s purpose was to build a supply station for mariners making the long five-month voyage from Europe to the East Indies and build a military settlement there as well at Table Bay

    • During the expedition, they were surprised when they were met by a couple of local Khoisan herdsmen at Table Bay on the namesake island called Harry and Donan who both spoke fluent English

  • Colony which was founded to provide victuals for the Dutch’s East-Indies-bound ships

    • After five years, van Riebeeck encouraged company employees to set up their own farms, as he was a believer in free enterprise

    • As such, Africans who tried to thrwart them were sent to Robben Island

  • Colony governed by

    • Jan van Riebeeck

  • By 1658, its Dutch settlers began to import slaves from Madagascar and Java

  • By 1660, the Khoisan herders had enough of the Dutch presence and attacked Dutch outposts, burned crops, and stampeded cattle, triggering a guerrilla war between the Khoisan and the Dutch

  • In 1666, the Dutch took Saldanha Bay near the namesake colony

  • In 1713, a smallpox epidemic took place at the namesake, killing Khoisan hunters and herders in great numbers

  • In 1715, Dutch burghers elected their own commanders in an attempt to combat cattle rustling by Khoisan herders

  • In 1730, the Dutch abandoned their trading post in Maputo Bay


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1554 - 1800s - Tembe Kingdom (All Facts)

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1725 - Langa (All Facts)

  • Ancestor Chief of the Ngwane, Swazi, and Hlubi nations

  • He was tributary to the Tembe Kingdom at Maputo Bay


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Rolong (All Facts)

  • Tribe native to Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, and South Africa; and confederated north of the Orange River

  • Their king, Tau, who was the son of Thibela, unified the namesake people before he died