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19-555: Franschhoek's original inhabitants are the Khoisan peoples . They are now mostly extinct, but their descendants continue to live in the area as mixed race (Khoisan and French/Dutch) people. In 1685, King Louis XIV banned Protestantism in France. Hundreds of French Huguenots were forced to flee their country. In 1688, almost 300 French Huguenots arrived at the Cape of Good Hope by ship and were given

38-489: Is known to be very interesting with several independent boutiques, menswear shops and quality homeware stores. The art galleries are plentiful and excellent. Franschhoek's weekend Bastille Festival has been celebrated every July since 1994, the year of the first South African general election with universal adult suffrage marking the end of the apartheid era. Franschhoek is a twin town or sister city of: Khoisan Too Many Requests If you report this error to

57-505: Is now a public holiday in South Africa , Freedom Day . The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) entered the election late and was added to the already-printed ballot papers by means of a sticker. In rural areas with limited infrastructure, people queued "for days" in order to vote. The Conservative Party , the official opposition in the outgoing National Assembly, did not contest the elections. The Herstigte Nasionale Party , which had run in

76-651: Is shown today by the Huguenot Monument which stands at the end of the town. The nearby Huguenot Memorial Museum adjacent to the monument explores the history of the French Huguenots who settled in the Cape, and especially in the Franschhoek Valley. On exhibition are the various tools they used to make wine, the clothes they wore, and interpretation of their culture and goals. The Cape Dutch architecture in much of

95-701: The African National Congress (ANC), whose slate incorporated the labour confederation COSATU and the South African Communist Party , won a sweeping victory, taking 62 percent of the vote, just short of the two-thirds majority required to unilaterally amend the Interim Constitution . As required by that document, the ANC formed a Government of National Unity with the National Party and

114-621: The Inkatha Freedom Party , the two other parties that won more than 20 seats in the National Assembly . The governing National Party polled just over 20%, and was thus eligible for a post of Vice President to incumbent president De Klerk. The new National Assembly's first act was to elect Nelson Mandela as President , making him the country's first black chief executive. He then appointed the Cabinet of Nelson Mandela . The date 27 April

133-645: The Franschhoek Valley to settle. The French Huguenot refugees populated the valley, establishing farms and businesses, bringing with them their French culture and experience in agriculture. The name of the area soon changed to le Coin Français ("the French Corner"), and later to Franschhoek (Dutch for "French Corner"), with many of the settlers naming their new farms after the areas they had left behind in France. La Motte, Champagne, La Cotte, Cabrière, La Provence, Bourgogne, La Terra de Luc and La Dauphine were among some of

152-567: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 486106834 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 08:29:23 GMT South African general election, 1994 F. W. de Klerk NP Nelson Mandela ANC General elections were held in South Africa between 26 and 29 April 1994. The elections were

171-481: The area. Once a quiet country retreat, the originally French settled village and region began experiencing a boom in the 1990s, and property prices increased. The ideal summer weather, snowy peaks in winter and proximity to Cape Town have turned Franschhoek (le coin Français) into one of South Africa's most sought after residential addresses. The construction of the new English-medium private Bridge House School outside

190-400: The election as a "technical disaster but a political triumph", and intimated that the final results were as a result of a negotiated compromise, rather than being an accurate count of the votes cast, stating that it was impossible to produce an accurate result under the circumstances that the election was held. He wrote that he believed that the result of the election, which gave KwaZulu-Natal to

209-475: The elections, 27 April subsequently became a national public holiday, Freedom Day . In a Sunday Independent article on the 20th anniversary of the election, Steven Friedman , who headed the IEC's information analysis department during the election , stated that the lack of a voters roll made verifying the results of the election difficult, and there were widespread accusations of cheating. Friedman characterised

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228-527: The first established farms — most of which still retain their original Cape Dutch farm houses today. These farms have grown into renowned wineries . Many of the surnames in the area are of French origin, e.g. Du Toit, Marais, Du Plessis, Malan, Malherbe, and Joubert. The French settlers tried fiercely to hold onto their language, but were forced over generations by the Dutch and British colonialists through schooling to integrate into local society. This heritage

247-539: The first in which citizens of all races were allowed to take part, and were therefore also the first held with universal suffrage . The election was conducted under the direction of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), and marked the culmination of the four-year process that ended apartheid . Millions queued in lines over a four-day voting period. Altogether, 19,726,579 votes were counted, and 193,081 were rejected as invalid. As widely expected,

266-532: The provincial legislature. In 1997, on the adoption of the final Constitution , the Senate became the National Council of Provinces ; its political makeup remained the same, but members were divided into permanent and special delegates, as described in the following table. Members of the provincial legislatures were elected from party lists in proportion to each party's share of the provincial ballot. Following

285-627: The route until diesel locomotives took over in the 1970s and then, in the 1990s, as the need for rail transport decreased, service along the railway line was discontinued. The branch line was reinstated in 2012 by a private operator and now sees service as the Franschhoek Wine Tram, a tourism project utilizing newly constructed double-decker trams modeled after the Blackpool Corporation Tramway's Double Deck Balcony Tramcar of circa 1923 to transport tourists between wine estates in

304-407: The village has also attracted many urban dwellers to the village. Franschhoek is notable for having some of the top restaurants in the country within its borders. This fact, together with the strong wine culture, and pristine natural and architectural beauty has made Franschhoek into what many describe as the "food and wine capital" of South Africa. This village hosted one of the top 50 restaurants in

323-409: The village is unspoiled, as restrictions have been placed on the extent of renovations and new construction in order to preserve the spirit of the original French settlers to the area. In 1904, a 28 km (17 mi) branch line was built between Paarl and Franschhoek to serve as an alternative to ox-drawn carts for farmers wanting to get their produce to market. Steam locomotives operated along

342-448: The white-only elections in 1989 also chose not to run. The 400 members of the National Assembly were chosen from party lists in proportion to each party's share of the national ballot. The 90 members of the Senate were chosen, 10 from each province, by the newly elected provincial legislatures. Each province's Senate seats were allocated in proportion to the parties' representation in

361-513: The world The Tasting Room , according to the "S.Pellegrino world's 50 best restaurants"-ranking and a famous Belgian Pâtisserie for Belgian pralines . The town hosts a number of notable restaurants and wineries such as Haute Cabrière . The attributes of the village have turned Franschhoek into a popular tourist destination, with dozens of bed & breakfasts and small cottages available for accommodation. The shopping experience in Franschhoek

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