The Trekboers were nomadic pastoral descendants of Dutch (often Frisian) settlers of the Cape Colony, Flemish settlers, French Huguenot refugees, German Protestants, and smaller numbers of Danes, and Scots including Indians, Malays and Khoi. The Trekboers began migrating from the areas surrounding what is now Cape Town (such as Paarl, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek) during the 1690s throughout the 1700s. The Trekboers were semi-nomadic subsistence farmers who began trekking eastwards into the inte… (More on Trekboers)