The Dutch East India Company landed the first European settlers on the Cape of Good Hope in 1652,

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  • Cape of good hope

    Cape of good hope
    The Dutch East India Company landed the first European settlers on the Cape of Good Hope in 1652, launching a colony that by the end of the 18th century numbered only about 15,000.

  • Independence Republic

    Independence Republic
    .Known as Boers or Afrikaners, and speaking a Dutch dialect known as Afrikaans, the settlers as early as 1795 tried to establish an independent republic.