Muizenberg, Cape Town : Muizenberg Village

A little beach soccer tournament, that went off very well, my company actually sponsored the tournament. The winners where the guys from Muizenberg. I got some great action shots with the famous Muizenberg beach houses as a backdrop.

Interesting Muizenberg

- 1742 the Het Posthuys one of the oldest buildings in South Africa was built.
- 1795 The Battle of Muizenberg was a small but significant military affair that began and ended three months later with the (first) British occupation of the Cape.
- In 1882 the railway line, which for twenty years stopped at Wynberg, was extended to Muizenberg.
- 1895 the Muizenberg Municipality was established.
- 1902 Cecil John Rhodes bought as a holiday cottage and this was where he died.
- 1910 the library opened next to the Natale Labia
- 1911 the Muizenberg Post Office opened.
- 1913 a new railway station was built in Muizenberg.
- 1920 Boyes Drive was completed.

Muizenberg, Cape Town

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Muizenberg Village

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