The process that would lead to the formation of the South African College was started in 1791, when the
DutchCommissioner-General,
Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist, asked for money to be set aside to improve the schools in the Cape. When the
British took over the control of the
Cape Colony, under the first governor,
Lord Charles Henry Somerset, permission was given for the money set aside by de Mist to be used to establish the South African College.
The founding committee met in the
Groote Kerk to discuss funding and accommodation for the school on 1 October 1829.[1] That year, the school opened. Diplomat
Edmund Roberts visited the college in 1833. He noted that only
wealthy young men attended the school and that classes were offered in both
English and
Dutch languages.[2]
The original location of the school was in the Weeshuis on
Long Street and moved to what is now known as the
Egyptian Building (on the Hiddingh Campus of
UCT) in the
Gardens district of Cape Town in 1841.
It was decided in 1874 that the younger students should be separated from their older counterparts. The South African College was separated into the college, which became the
University of Cape Town; and the
College Schools.
References
^Ritchie, W. (1918). The history of the South African College, 1829–1918. Capetown.
hdl:
2027/njp.32101068079746.
The process that would lead to the formation of the South African College was started in 1791, when the
DutchCommissioner-General,
Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist, asked for money to be set aside to improve the schools in the Cape. When the
British took over the control of the
Cape Colony, under the first governor,
Lord Charles Henry Somerset, permission was given for the money set aside by de Mist to be used to establish the South African College.
The founding committee met in the
Groote Kerk to discuss funding and accommodation for the school on 1 October 1829.[1] That year, the school opened. Diplomat
Edmund Roberts visited the college in 1833. He noted that only
wealthy young men attended the school and that classes were offered in both
English and
Dutch languages.[2]
The original location of the school was in the Weeshuis on
Long Street and moved to what is now known as the
Egyptian Building (on the Hiddingh Campus of
UCT) in the
Gardens district of Cape Town in 1841.
It was decided in 1874 that the younger students should be separated from their older counterparts. The South African College was separated into the college, which became the
University of Cape Town; and the
College Schools.
References
^Ritchie, W. (1918). The history of the South African College, 1829–1918. Capetown.
hdl:
2027/njp.32101068079746.