Muizenberg, Cape Town : Kite surfing in Muizenberg II

Monday, December 15, 2008

Kite surfing in Muizenberg II

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Nice to suss out your blog. I been here awhile too, now living in England. Sure am missing that coast. Peace, Eric Sawyer.; December 15, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Unknown said...: Thanks Eric, 28 degrees today, no clouds and I am working!; December 16, 2008 at 9:36 AM

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.