Kaapsche Hoop

Kaapsche Hoop is the original High Dutch spelling of Kaapsehoop as now spelt in Afrikaans. It is a small town in the province of Mpumalanga in the Republic of South Africa. The name of the town was no doubt derived from the fact that gold was discovered in the town which sits high above the De Kaap Valley - The Cape Valley - and the find then created the hope for the early inhabitants of the nearby De Kaap Valley area of attaining great wealth. It was to be a false hope! Refer to the main page of Kaapsehoop to see more.

High Dutch was the official language of the two original Boer Republics of the Orange Free State or Oranje-Vrijstaat and the South African Republic or Suid Afrikaanse Republiek or Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek - ZAR. High Dutch was eventually to be replaced by Afrikaans a colloquially spoken language of many of the European decended settlers. Afrikaans was largely derived from Dutch and incorporating words derived or adopted from French, German, English and indigenious African languages - Refer to main page of Afrikaans to see more.