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Swellendam is the
fourth oldest town in
South Africa (after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, and Paarl), a town with 17,537
inhabitants situated...
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Republic of
Swellendam was
founded in 1795 with the
dissatisfaction towards the
Dutch East
India Company caused the
burghers of
Swellendam to revolt, and...
- Herm****
Steyn was
appointed as
President of the
Republic of
Swellendam. The
burghers of
Swellendam started to call
themselves "national burghers" –
after the...
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Swellendam Muni****lity (Afrikaans:
Swellendam Munisipaliteit) is a
local muni****lity
located within the
Overberg District Muni****lity, in the Western...
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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...
- 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...
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includes the
major towns of Grabouw, Caledon, Herm****,
Bredasdorp and
Swellendam. The muni****l area
covers 12,241
square kilometres (4,726 sq mi) and...
- 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...
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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...
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moved from the
Zuurbraak (now Suurbraak)
mission station just east of
Swellendam (modern
Western Cape Province,
South Africa) to the Hope
Fountain Mission...
