Swellendam (Afrikaans: ['swæːləndam]) is the third oldest town in South Africa (after Cape Town and Stellenbosch), a town with 17,537 inhabitants situated...

Republic of Swellendam was founded in 1795 with the dissatisfaction towards the Dutch East India Company caused the burghers of Swellendam to revolt, and...

Swellendam Municipality (Afrikaans: Swellendam Munisipaliteit) is a local municipality located within the Overberg District Municipality, in the Western...

Hermanus Steyn was appointed as President of the Republic of Swellendam. The burghers of Swellendam started to call themselves "national burghers" – after the...

The Moederkerk (Mother Church), in Swellendam, South Africa, is the only congregation of the NG Church in the historic Overbergse town of the same name...

moved from the Zuurbraak (now Suurbraak) mission station just east of Swellendam (modern Western Cape Province, South Africa) to the Hope Fountain Mission...

coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of the heritage sites in Swellendam and Riversdale, situated in the Western Cape, as recognized by the South...

Swellendam Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the...

Company (VOC), the inhabitants proclaimed a republic. The residents of Swellendam also did this (see map). Before the leaders of the Cape Colony could retake...

government. VOC, to control the emigrants, established a magistracy at Swellendam in 1745 and another at Graaff Reinet in 1786. The Gamtoos River had been...

includes the major towns of Grabouw, Caledon, Hermanus, Bredasdorp and Swellendam. The municipal area covers 12,241 square kilometres (4,726 sq mi) and...

Hermanus Steyn (15 February 1743, Swellendam – 1804, Swellendam) was the President of the Republic of Swellendam. When the rule of the Dutch East India...

The Swellendam Local Municipality council consists of eleven members elected by mixed-member proportional representation. Six councillors are elected by...

Jonas Date of birth (2000-12-31) 31 December 2000 (age 23) Place of birth Swellendam, South Africa Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 90 kg (200 lb; 14 st 2 lb)...

in South Africa. It is part of the R324 and is the main road between Swellendam and Barrydale in the Western Cape. In 1868, the Cape administration decided...

Traditional Cape Dutch architecture (Swellendam)...

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sandstone slopes of the winter rainfall fynbos from the Cape Peninsula to Swellendam. It is also known as the lily-of-the-Nile in spite of only occurring in...

biome. The major towns are Hermanus, Caledon, Bredasdorp, Grabouw and Swellendam and the region includes Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of Africa...

South Africa, after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, Paarl and Swellendam. The town was the centre of a short-lived republic in the late 18th century...

their masters. In 1797, the Landdrost and Heemraden, local officials, of Swellendam and Graaff-Reinet extended pass laws beyond slaves and ordained that all...

south of Delagoa Bay and inland in eastern southern Africa. Republic of Swellendam 1795 A republic declared in revolt against the Dutch East India Company;...

as the Swellendam-Heidelberg Koöperasie, the name was changed to its current form in the 1980s. The head office of SSK is situated in Swellendam, the third...

in an effort to control these migrants, established a magistracy at Swellendam in 1745 and another at Graaff Reinet in 1786, and declared the Gamtoos...

Maria Elizabeth Rothmann, penname M.E.R. (28 August 1875 in Swellendam – 7 September 1975 in Waaihoek) was an Afrikaans writer, and co-founder of the Voortrekkers...

His second cousin, Hermanus Steyn, was President of the Republic of Swellendam in 1795. He was the father of Hendrik Frederik Prinsloo, who was hanged...

of architecture can be found in historical towns such as Stellenbosch, Swellendam, Tulbagh, and Graaff-Reinet. In the former Dutch capital of Cape Town...

Cape Town CBD Clanwilliam George Knysna Montagu Mossel Bay Paarl Robertson Simonstown Stellenbosch Swellendam Table Mountain Tulbagh Worcester Wynberg...

returns to Europe. The Dutch East India Company established a magistracy at Swellendam. The Dutch Reformed Church establish a congregation in the Swartland,...

Some of the highest peaks of the range are located just to the north of Swellendam, in a subrange known as the Clock Peaks whose highest point is the 1,710...