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In 1890 the line was extended northwards on the western frontier of the Transvaal as far as Vryburg in British Bechuanaland. In 1889, the Free State entered into an arrangement with the Cape Colony whereby the main trunk railway was extended to Bloemfontein, the Free State receiving half the profits. Subsequently, the Free State bought at cost ...
3 October – Cape Western – Vryburg to Mafeking, 96 miles (154.5 kilometres). 18 November – Transvaal – Airlie to Pretoria, 179 miles (288.1 kilometres). Locomotives NZASM 32 Tonner 0-4-2 Rack Tank Cape
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The Western Cape was created in 1994 from part of the former Cape Province. The two largest cities are Cape Town and George . Geography. Topography of the Western Cape. The Roggeveld and Nuweveld mountains are part of the Great Escarpment (see diagrams below). The other mountain ranges belong to the Cape Fold Belt, also shown in the diagrams below.
The Western Cape was the first place in the country where people from Europe settled. The Europeans brought slaves from Malay to serve them, and the Malay culture became part of South Africa own heritage. Some of the buildings in Cape Town are more than 300 years old. In the Cape, as many languages like Dutch, French, German and Malay were ...
1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1894th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 894th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1890s decade.
economic backbone of the Western Cape Province. However, in 1795 the British took over the Cape Colony and shortly afterwards slavery was stopped. This was a historical turning point in the history of the Western Cape as independence was given back to the slaves. In 1910 the Western Cape became the legislative capital of South Africa.
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