Who came to south africa in the mid 17th century?
The conventional view is that availability of livestock was one reason why, in the mid-17th century, the Dutch East India Company established a staging post where the port city of Cape Town is today situated. 
What company came to south africa in the mid 17th century?
Dutch East India Company
History of South Africa
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Who commander came to south africa in the mid 17th century?
van Riebeeck Jan van Riebeeck
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What were the people that came to south africa in the mid 17th century called?
Free Burghers
Early history of South Africa
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History of South Africa
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 The Dutch East India Company established a trading post in Cape Town under the command of Jan van Riebeeck in 1652,[5] European workers who settled at the Cape became known as the Free Burghers and gradually established farms in the Dutch Cape Colony.[6]
History of South Africa
The small initial group of free burghers, as these farmers were known, steadily increased in number and began to expand their farms further north and east into the territory of the Khoikhoi.[24] The free burghers were ex-VOC soldiers and gardeners, who were unable to return to Holland when their contracts were completed with the VOC.[28] The VOC also brought some 71,000 slaves to Cape Town from India, Indonesia, East Africa, Mauritius, and Madagascar.[29]
History of South Africa
The Dutch East India Company established a trading post in Cape Town under the command of Jan van Riebeeck in 1652. European workers who settled at the Cape became known as the Free Burghers and gradually established farms in the Dutch Cape Colony. The small initial group of free burghers, as these farmers were known, steadily increased in number and began to expand their farms further north and east into the territory of the Khoikhoi. The free burghers were ex-VOC soldiers and gardeners, who were unable to return to Holland when their contracts were completed with the VOC, which also brought some 71,000 slaves to Cape Town from India, Indonesia, East Africa, Mauritius, and Madagascar.