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Feather exports saw a sharp increase from the Cape Colony during the mid-1860s, which is generally accepted as the launch of the industry in South Africa. By 1870, feather auctions were being held in Mossel Bay. [12] In 1875, the census counted the town's population to be 1,837. [10] Between 1875 and 1880, ostrich prices reached up to GBP 1,000 ...
The Cape Town Office [9] has responsibility for the provinces of Western Cape, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape as well as Namibia. [6] There was also previously an office in Johannesburg, formerly the Consulate-General of the Republic of China. [10] [11] However, owing to financial considerations and the city's proximity to Pretoria, it was ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions in South Africa. There are 134 embassies and high commissions in Pretoria, and many countries maintain either an embassy, high commission or consulate in Cape Town and consulates in other major cities. Trade missions and honorary consulates are omitted from this listing.
Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [13] Cape Town is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [14] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.
The building was constructed in 1700 by the Dutch East India Company as a residence for important visitors to the Cape, lies between the South African National Parliament buildings and the President's Council in Company's Gardens, Cape Town. It has been used as an official residence by almost all the governors of the Cape – Dutch, Batavian ...
The N14 is a national route in South Africa which runs from Springbok in the Northern Cape to Pretoria in Gauteng. It passes through Upington, Kuruman, Vryburg, Krugersdorp and Centurion. [1] The section between Pretoria and Krugersdorp is maintained by the Gauteng Provincial government and is also designated the P158.
The embassy is located at 949 Francis Baard Street (formerly named Schoeman Street [2]) in the suburb of Arcadia, Pretoria. [3] Indonesia also has a consulate general in Cape Town [4] and an honorary consulate in Mbabane, Eswatini. [5] The first Indonesian ambassador to South Africa was Rahadi Iskandar (1995–1998). [6]
Until 1944, Sweden was represented in the Union of South Africa by a consulate general in Pretoria located in the Prudential House at 235 Pretorius Street. [1] The consulate general was upgraded to a legation in 1944 and Harry Eriksson was appointed Acting Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, [2] and became a regular in 1945.