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The wine industry in South Africa was greatly influenced by the Huguenots, [12] many of whose families had owned vineyards in France. [13] Many of the farms in the Western Cape province in South Africa still bear French names, such as Haute Cabrière, La Petite Provence, La Bourgogne, La Motte, La Bri, La Borie, La Chataigne and La Roche.
Many of these settlers were given land in an area that was later called Franschhoek (Dutch for 'French Corner'), in the present-day Western Cape province of South Africa. A large monument to commemorate the arrival of the Huguenots in South Africa was inaugurated on 7 April 1948 at Franschhoek.
Andrew Murray, South African, pastor, teacher and writer, Huguenot descendant on his mother's side. [601] Wolfgang Musculus (1497–1563), theologian. [602] Beyers Naudé, South African anti-apartheid cleric. [166] Jozua Francois Naudé (1873–1948), South African pastor, school founder and co-founder of the Afrikaner Broederbond. [166]
They embarked in Rotterdam aboard the Berg China, with Pierre Joubert, a huguenot from La Motte-d'Aigues, 10 kilometres from Lourmarin, and arrived in Cape Town six weeks later, on 4 August 1688. [1] Two others of the first 178 Huguenots of South Africa came from Lourmarin, Jeanne Cordier and Jeanne Mille.
The introduction of Free Burghers to the Dutch Cape Colony is regarded as the beginning of a permanent settlement of Europeans in South Africa. [1] The Free Burgher population eventually devolved into two distinct segments separated by social status, wealth, and education: the Cape Dutch and the Boers .
April - The first group of French Huguenots refugees arrive in the Cape; Simon van der Stel, the Governor of the Cape Colony settles the Huguenot refugees in the present day Drakenstein, Franschhoek and Wellington areas which were beyond the Cape Colony and belonged to the Khoikhoi people
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Huguenot Memorial Museum portrays the history of the French Huguenots who came to South Africa at the end of the seventeenth century. [1] Displays are housed in the main building, and continue in the annex. The museum also has a shop, and is adjacent to the Huguenot Monument.