Kenridge is a suburb in

Bellville, Western Cape Bellville is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated adjacent to the Koelberg Mountains and also the University of Western Cape where it has its own campus. Established It was founded as "12 Mile Post" (Afrikaa ...

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. It became a suburb out of one of the

Tygerberg Tygerberg is a district in the northern suburbs of Cape Town in South Africa. It is also the name of the range of hills in the area. The main Tygerberg farms were Pampoenkraal (became Durbanville), Stellenburgh (became part of Bellville), Ev ...

’s original farms.

History

On 17 October 1714, the Governor of the Cape Colony award the farm Blommesteijn to Theuns Dirksz van Schalkwyk. Van Schalkwyk was a Dutch immigrant. In September 1732, the farm was granted to van Schalkwyk’s daughter Anna Dirksz Brommert (Nee van Schalkwyk). At the same time Anna also received Door de Kraal farm, which previously belonged to Tryntje Theuinisse. These two farms became one and was known as Door de Kraal. Johan Albrecht Dell was the new owner in 1814. Cornelis Valkenburg de Villiers bought the farm in 1866, and his son JH de Villiers inherited it in 1899. He divided the farm in four parts; one part remained Door de Kraal, one part he sold to Hume Pipe Company (This company mined clay in Bellville's Quarry), one part he gave his son JJH de Villiers (it was called de Bron) and the fourth part to PHT de Villiers (it was called Witboom). PHT de Villiers sold Witboom for residential development in 1948. It then became Kenridge. (PHT de Villiers part was the old Blommesteijn farm).

Municipal dispute

In 1969, a dispute arose between the municipalities of Bellville and

Durbanville Durbanville is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, part of the greater Cape Town metropolitan area. Durbanville is a semi-rural residential suburb on the north-eastern outskirts of the metropolis and is surrounded by farms prod ...

, as to under whose jurisdiction Kenridge fell. In January 1971, it was decided that Kenridge fell under Bellville and the area closer to Durbanville under their jurisdiction. The

area was then called Kenridge Heights.

Schools

Only one school is in the area namely Kenridge Primary. An old farm cowshed was not yet demolished in 1954. In January 1955, the school started in the cowshed. It was called "old Barn". The school was official opened by P Swiegelaar on 20 September 1956. Head Masters through the years were: (1955-1957) P. Marsford, (1957-1971)F.Swiegelaar, (1971- 1972) L. Hoorn, (1972- 1989) G. F. van Wyk,(1989- 1993) M. Lötter, (1993- 2010) G.V. Albrecht and from 2010 S. Smith. Jacobus Johannes (Koos) de Villiers owner of the farm Morgenster Durbanville hills and husband of endurance horse rider Gillese Hayward. was one of the first pupils. Kenridge Primary

Surrounding suburbs

It is surrounded by fellow Bellville suburbs, Eversdal and Door-de-Kraal. As it is on the border of Bellville, it has a Durbanville neighbouring suburb called Durbanville Hills and Kenridge Heights. Kena2

Notable residents

* Amore Bekker Radio presenter at

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(RSG) * Dane Piedt Off-breaker bowler for

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(Proteas) * Stiaan van Zyl Al-rounder for

(Proteas) *

Jean-Luc du Plessis Jean-Luc du Plessis (born 7 May 1994 in Cape Town) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby and for in the Currie Cup and the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is fly-half. Career Youth He represented at youth level ...

(son of

Carel du Plessis Carel Johan du Plessis (born 24 June 1960) is a former South African rugby union coach and player. Playing career Du Plessis played for Western Province and the Springboks, his skills earning him the nickname the ''Prince of Wings''.

) fly-half for the rugby team Stormers

Climate

It rains primarily in the winter, with average rainfall of 465mm per year. It seldom gets colder than 7 °C and its average temperature in the months of November to February is 26 °C to 27 °C.

References

{{Cape Town suburbs Suburbs of Cape Town