Paarl Founders Day: A series of Paarl history
Myles Minnaar
Hi Paarl, For the longest time, I’ve wondered: Why doesn’t Paarl have a Founders Day? Over the past month, I’ve been doing some research and visiting historical sites around Paarl,…
October 2026
PAARL IN THE 17TH CENTURY — WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
To conclude our first week of Paarl Founders Month, we visited several of the earliest farms granted to Dutch and French settlers during the late 1600s. Our mission was simple:…
PAARL IN THE 17TH CENTURY — WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
Happy Paarl Founders Month! Before Paarl was Paarl, this valley was home to Khoikhoi communities, who had lived, travelled and grazed their livestock across the Berg River valley and surrounding…