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- ItemDie rol van immigrante van St. Helena-eiland in die Kaapse en Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing, met spesifieke verwysing na die periode 1808-1908(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03) Strauss, Johannes Stefanus; Visser, Wessel P.; Heese, H. F.; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of History.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: St. Helena's strategic location has led the Portuguese and other European seafarers to use the island as a halfway station on their voyages to and from the East since the early 1500`s. The island gained prominence when several exiles such as Napoleon Bonaparte were banished there in 1815, as well as the Zulu king, Dinizulu kaCetswayo, and his family who was banished to the island in 1890 and about 6 000 Boer prisoners of war who were banished to the island between 1900 and 1902. The emphasis is rather on the emigration of St. Helenas to South Africa, a theme that did not receive as much attention from South African historians as Dutch, British-, French- and German immigration. In this study, several questions about St. Helena immigration were investigated such as what factors caused the immigration, the number of St. Helenas who eventually emigrated to South Africa, where they settled, what professions they held, and so on. From 1808 the St. Helena emigrants gradually emigrated to the Cape Colony and other areas in present-day South Africa, but over time the flow of emigrants increased. Various push and pull factors, especially after 1834, contributed to the stronger flow of emigrants. These new arrivals would, by their nature, have made an impact on South African society and it is, among other things, the aim of this research study to investigate the socio-economic influence of the St. Helenas on the Cape and wider South African society. The St. Helena immigrants' arrival in South Africa and the influence of this immigration on the country did not receive much attention of historians yet and there is undoubtedly a research gap that exists to which this dissertation can contribute.