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Rondebosch Fountain
In the suburb of Rondebosch near Cape Town University, we have a fountain known as the Rondebosch Fountain. On or near the spot where this fountain is located, stood a clump of thorn trees named by Jan van Riebeeck, "'T Ronde Doornbosjen" from which Rondebosch took its name.
I wonder how many Capetonians know that it is in the vicinity of this fountain, on 1 March 1657, that 9 free burghers took permanent title to land and thus became the first "citizens" of South Africa.
Furthermore it is also interesting to note that the fountain itself has a lamp above it that apparently contained the first electric street light installed in Cape Town.
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