Cape Town mayor visits Jakarta<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The mayor of Cape Town, William Bantom, is
\nscheduled to arrive on Monday for a five-day visit, the Embassy
\nof South Africa said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Accompanied by Dan Plato, a member of the Cape Town City
\nCouncil, Bantom will meet several city officials, including the
\ngovernor and deputy governors of the capital, and representatives
\nof the Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and
\nIndustry.<\/p>\n
His visit is expected to be a significant first step in
\nreestablishing the close historical contact once enjoyed by the
\ntwo cities. However, during the apartheid system Indonesia and
\nSouth Africa had no formal ties.<\/p>\n
The Cape of Good Hope was a provisioning station for the Dutch
\nEast India Company (VOC) beginning in 1652. Ships on their way to
\nand from Batavia and other areas of the Indonesian archipelago
\nregularly called at the post in Cape Town during the VOC's
\nadministration in the Indonesian archipelago, the statement said.<\/p>\n
More significantly, Cape Town also became a place of abode for
\nmany transplanted Indonesians, often known as Cape Malays, who
\nwere sent to Cape Town as slaves or political exiles by the
\nDutch. The most famous of these is Sheikh Yusuf of Makassar, who
\nwas banished to Cape Town by the Dutch in 1694. Sheikh Yusuf
\ncredited with establishing Islam in the Cape.<\/p>\n
Descending generations of the early Indonesian exiles have
\nremained large and vibrant communities living mainly in the Cape
\nTown area.<\/p>",
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