"You shall also keep your fires burning if the ships are blown back by contrary winds, but if the ships are foreign or not Dutch (onduitsch) you shall at once extinguish your fire."
— Jan van Riebeeck

January 1, 1970

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On the 3rd of May 1658 Jan van Riebeeck gave further instructions to the men on Robben Island;