Capital, coal and conflict: the genesis and planning of a company town at Indwe.
Abstract
• Opsomming:
Die artikel handel oor die oorsprong van Indwe, 'n
maatskappydorp wat in die noordoostelike Kaap geleë is. In die
ontwikkeling van die gebied tussen 1880 en 1896 het botsings
oor land, instroming van kapitaal, en steenkoolmynbou almal 'n
rol gespeel. Die dorp self was in 1896 deur E. Gilbert Hall vir
die Indwe Railway, Collieries and Land Company opgemeet.
Daling in steenkoolmynbou het van Indwe 'n klein dorpie
gemaak, maar sy geskiedenis belig 'n hele aantal temas wat
van belang is in die geskiedenis van stadsbeplanning in Suid-Afrika. • Summary:
The article recounts the Origins of Indwe, located in the
northwestern Cape, as a planned company town. In the
development of the town, conflict over land, influx of capital
and the mining of coal all played a part between 1880 and
1896. The town itself was laid out for the Indwe Railway,
Collieries and Land Company by a surveyor named E. Gilbert
Hall. The decline of the coal mines left Indwe a small and
declining town, but its history allows a number of themes to be
explored which are significant in the history of planning in
South Africa.