dc.contributor.author | Phillips, H | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-01-11T13:58:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-01-11T13:58:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1980 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Phillips, H. 1980. Cape Town in 1829. Contree : Tydskrif vir Suid-Afrikaanse stedelike streekgeskiedenis = Contree : Journal for South African urban and regional history. 8:5-11, Jul. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/4968] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0379-9867 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/5151 | |
dc.description.abstract | • Opsomming:
Na die Britse besetting van die Kaap (1806) het die bevolking van die moederstad stadig toegeneem; teen 1829 was die inwonertal ruim 18000 en het bestaan uit invloedryke Engelse handelaars, Hollandssprekende persone, Vry Swartes en slawe. Onhigiëniese toestande het oor die algemeen geheers en gesondheidsdienste het veel te wense oorgelaat. Die lewensomstandighede van minder gegoede Blankes en die Vry Swartes was haglik en is vererger deur armoede, swak behuising, siektes en selfs epidemies. Deur Ordonnansie 50 van
1828 is die inheemse bevolkingsgroepe weliswaar met persone van
Europese herkoms gelykgestel; die beginsel van integrasie was ook
sosiaal aanvaarbaar. Tog was die gemeenskap nag op ʼn stelsel van
slawerny aangewys en rassedifferensiasie in die samelewing was
steeds merkbaar. Die handel en algemene vooruitgang is voorts deur
ontoereikende hawegeriewe gestrem. Strate was stowwerig en
onverlig, terwyl die oop waterkanale (gragte) vuil en ongesond was.
In hierdie stadium het enkele klein woonbuurte (soos Seepunt en
Wynberg) reeds bestaan; die plaaslike bestuur van Kaapstad was in
die hande van die magistraat en amptenare war deur die regering
aangestel is. ʼn Hooggeregshof is in die lewe geroep en tien advokate
en elf prokureurs het teen 1829 in Kaapstad gepraktiseer. In teenstelling
met die betreklik swak maatskaplike toestande, is ruim voorsien
vir die opvoedkundige en godsdienstige behoeftes van die inwoners. Ook die kulturele lewe aan die Kaap was lewendig en ontspanningsgeriewe
redelik goed. Teen 1829 was Kaapstad inderdaad
besig om, veral onder die invloed van Britse immigrante, ʼn nuwe
vorm aan te neem. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | • Summary:
After the British occupation (1806) the population of Cape
Town had grown slowly; by 1829 the mother-city had more than
18 000 inhabitants comprising influential English traders, Dutch-speaking
persons, Free Blacks and slaves. The general hygiene of the
town was bad while health services left much to be desired. Living
conditions of Poor Whites and Free Blacks were most unsatisfactory
and had been aggravated by poverty, poor housing, diseases, and
even epidemics. Ordinance 50, promulgated in 1828, placed the indigenous
peoples on an equal footing with their European counterparts
and integration was also socially acceptable. Yet the society
was still dependent on a system of slavery and racial differentiation
was still appreciable. The inadequate harbour facilities also retarded
trade and general progress. Streets were dusty and unlit and
the open canals ("grachts") were in a filthy and insanitary state. A
few tiny suburbs (e.g. Sea Point and Wynberg) existed at this stage;
local government in Cape Town was exercised by a government appointed
magistrate and officials. A Supreme Court was created
and in 1829 ten advocates and eleven attorneys practised in Cape
Town. In contrast to the relatively poor social conditions, inhabitants
enjoyed the benefits of ample educational and religious
facilities. The cultural life of Cape Town flourished and fair provision
was made for entertainment and recreation. By 1829 Cape
Town was indeed a town beginning to develop a new character,
mainly as a result of the influence of British immigrants. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Afdeling Streekgeskiedenis van die lnstituut vir Geskiedenisnavorsing, RGN / Section for Regional History, Institute for Historical Research, HSRC | en_US |
dc.title | Cape Town in 1829. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |