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 There are an estimated 37 000 000 orphans in South Africa. Almost 57 per cent of the population are living in poverty and an estimated 50 000 children die each year from malnutrition or other diseases that would be curable with adequate medical care. Our main goal is to provide homes, food, clothing and education to the "Street Kids" in South Africa. There are many children who choose to live on the streets, rather than at home with their families because of the unbearable abuse and violence they have to endure at home.
MyHope.org.za is a non-profit organisation which has started in Hermanus, South Africa.
Please visit our website to see how you can make a difference in these children's lives. Web: www.myhope.org.za Email:
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 Courtesy of Cape Agulhas Tourism
The Arniston, a 53.8 meters long, 13.2 meters wide, 3 decked and 3 masted English East Indiaman of 1498 tons was built by Barnard in the bottom of the Neptune, on the River hames, in 1794. When she sank she was carrying 22 iron cannon, two 12 –pounder cannons and twenty 18 pounder carronades. |
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 Near the entrance to the municipal office of Napier, stands a large vertical sundial, probably the only one of its kind in South Africa. It was built by Danie du Toit in 1965. From childhood he had a keen interest in stars and a sharp sense of interpreting shadows.
He noted that one pillar at the Napier station, where he worked, was longer in winter. He also saw that the shadow fell in the same place, four times a year. He read an article written by CJ Langenhoven on sundials, reprinted in Die Burger of 16 July 1936. This inspired him to start on his own sundial. The municipality supplied the material and Jan Engel was the plasterer. The town clerk at the time, Cecil Fick lent a hand with the process. |
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 The first republic in the country’s history, was declared at Swellendam during 1795. In those days, the Overberg was very thinly populated. The Dutch East India Company (DEIC) ruled the Cape and had outposts, commandos, and magistrates in various places. They agreed to buy the farmers’ grain at a fixed price for fifteen years.
When the DEIC introduced toll gates and taxes, farmers struggled, and to increase their distress, the DEIC grain stores were closed to farmers. The unsafe situation for farmers on the eastern border with the Xhosa tribes, as well as mismanagement and economic suppression by the DEIC, caused the pot to boil over. |
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Swellendam, named after Governor Swellengrebel and his wife (whose maiden name was Ten Damme), was proclaimed a magisterial district in 1743. This remote settlement soon became the gateway to the interior and was visited by many explorers. The Drostdy, official residence and offices of the magistrate, was built in 1747. The town only began to grow after the first Dutch Reformed church had been built in 1798. |
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