Muizenberg, Cape Town : My new office

Monday, October 20, 2008

My new office

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Wow. A long office. Very stark. No windows or views?; October 20, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Unknown said...: It has just been finished, so yes you are right - a bit stark and the sea view is to my left.

It will look a whole lot better when there are people and photographs in it

Cheers; October 21, 2008 at 9:15 AM
Steffi said...: Wow...your new office looks cool!Congrats!; October 22, 2008 at 8:35 PM

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.