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Kuils River (
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: Kuilsrivier) is a town in the
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,
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, 25 km (15 miles) east of Cape Town CBD at the gateway of the Cape Winelands. It is also the name of the main tributary of the
Eerste River The Eerste River, located in the Western Cape, South Africa, rises on Dwarsberg 60 km east of Cape Town at the head of Jonkershoek. The Eerste River catchment covers the eastern part of the Cape Flats lying to the west of the Hottentots Ho ...
, and forms part of the Eastern Suburbs of the
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Origin

Originally named De Boss, Kuils River was a refreshment post of the
Dutch East India Company The United East India Company ( nl, Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, the VOC) was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock ...
in 1680, also known as de Kuijlen. In 1700 the farm Leeuwenhof and other parts of de Kuijlen were sold to Olof Bergh.


Developments during the 19th and 20th century

It started to develop into a village. A church was founded by Rhenish Missionary Society in 1843 in Sarepta. A proper road was built in 1845, a railway station in 1862 and a school in 1898. In 1898 stands were sold for residential development. On 4 December 1950 it attained municipal status. The town takes its name from the nearby river, in which there are many pools, or (Dutch for dams).


Administration and location

Kuils River is a level two administrative region, and is close to
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It is located near the intersection of the M12 and the
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. Kuils River is home to the respective Jan du Toit and Alta Kriel Schools, both solely for the purposes of mentally challenged children. and is the birthplace of
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(3 February 1905); journalist, poet and author. He is regarded as one of South Africa's greatest ever writers (in English). Herman Charles Bosman biography
/ref> The industrial area Blackheath is in Kuils River.


Coat of arms

Kuils River was a municipality from 1950 to 1996. The town council assumed a coat of arms, designed by
Ivan Mitford-Barberton Ivan Mitford-Barberton (1896–1976) was a sculptor, writer and authority on heraldry. Early life and education Mitford-Barberton was born in Somerset East, in Cape Colony, in 1896. He was a descendant of several 1820 Settler families. His g ...
, in 1955 and registered it with the Cape Provincial Administration in January 1956.Cape of Good Hope ''Official Gazette'' 2793 (13 January 1956). The shield was divided into three horizontal sections: (1) a running buck on a silver background, (2) a golden yoke on a red background, and (3) four silver and blue stripes with wavy edges. The crest was a bull's head, and the motto ''Via trita via tuta''.


References

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