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Founding Committee Meeting

When
1 October 1829
Where
Groote Kerk
Part of
South African College inaugurated in Cape Town

The founding committee met in the Groote Kerk on 1 October 1829 to discuss funding and accommodation for the school.

The founding committee convened in the Groote Kerk to discuss funding and accommodation for the school. This meeting is associated with the founding of the South African College, which had been authorized by Lord Charles Henry Somerset using funds set aside by de Mist; the cited passages do not explicitly label the meeting as the formal inauguration.

Sources

  1. South African College Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-02

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