A brief glimpse into the past

Toyota Cheetahs vs Cell C Sharks | Carling Currie Cup | 14 May
Toyota Cheetahs vs Cell C Sharks | Carling Currie Cup | 14 May

Highlights from the Carling Currie Cup match between the Toyota Cheetahs and the Cell C Sharks from Toyota Stadium.



Vodacom Bulls vs Windhoek Draught Griquas | Carling Currie Cup | 7 May
Vodacom Bulls vs Windhoek Draught Griquas | Carling Currie Cup | 7 May

Highlights from the Carling Currie Cup match between the Vodacom Bulls and Windhoek Draught Griquas from Loftus Versfeld.



Windhoek Draught Griquas vs Cell C Sharks | Carling Currie Cup | 6 April
Windhoek Draught Griquas vs Cell C Sharks | Carling Currie Cup | 6 April

Highlights from the Carling Currie Cup match between the Windhoek Draught Griquas and the Cell C Sharks from Windhoek ...



Cell C Sharks vs Toyota Cheetahs | Carling Currie Cup | 23 March
Cell C Sharks vs Toyota Cheetahs | Carling Currie Cup | 23 March

Highlights from the Carling Currie Cup match between Cell C Sharks and Toyota Cheetahs from Hollywoodbets Kings Park ...



Toyota Cheetahs vs DHL Western Province | Carling Currie Cup | 16 March
Toyota Cheetahs vs DHL Western Province | Carling Currie Cup | 16 March

Highlights from the Carling Currie Cup match between the Toyota Cheetahs and DHL Western Province from Toyota Stadium.



Tafel Lager Griquas vs Sigma Lions | Carling Currie Cup | 16 March
Tafel Lager Griquas vs Sigma Lions | Carling Currie Cup | 16 March

Highlights from the Carling Currie Cup match between the Tafel Lager Griquas and the Sigma Lions from Tafel Lager Park.



Toyota Cheetahs vs Sigma Lions | Carling Currie Cup | 05 March
Toyota Cheetahs vs Sigma Lions | Carling Currie Cup | 05 March

Highlights from the Carling Currie Cup match between the Toyota Cheetahs and the Sigma Lions from Toyota Stadium.



Team, Place & City Details

Griquas (rugby)

Griquas are a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. Their home ground is Griqua Park in Kimberley and they draw their players mostly from Northern Cape Province.

Cheetahs (rugby union)

The Cheetahs , is a South African professional rugby union team that played Super Rugby between 2006 and 2017, before joining the Pro14 competition prior to the 2017–18 season. They are based at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein.

Griqua people

The Griqua , are a subgroup of Southern Africa's heterogeneous former Khoe-speaking nations, who under apartheid were given a special racial classification under the broader category of "Coloured", who have a unique origin in the early history of the Cape Colony. To understand the Griqua story one has to understand the History of these people who call themselves "Khoikoin" or "Khoin" for short [O'connell, 2013].

Khoemana

ǃOrakobab or Khoemana, also known as Korana, ǃOra, or Griqua, is a moribund Khoe language of South Africa.

Griqualand West
Griqualand West

Griqualand West is an area of central South Africa with an area of 40,000 km² that now forms part of the Northern Cape Province. It was inhabited by the Griqua people - a semi-nomadic, Afrikaans-speaking nation of mixed-race origin, who established several states outside the expanding frontier of the Cape Colony.

Griqualand East
Griqualand East

Griqualand East , officially known as New Griqualand (Dutch: Nieuw Griqualand), was one of four short-lived Griqua states in Southern Africa from the early 1860s until the late 1870s and was located between the Umzimkulu and Kinira Rivers, south of the Sotho Kingdom.Griqualand East's capital, Kokstad, was the final place of settlement for a people who had migrated several times on their journey from the Cape of Good Hope and over the mountains of present-day Lesotho. The territory was occupied by the British Empire and became a colony in 1874, shortly before the death of its founder and only leader, Adam Kok III. A short while later, the small territory was incorporated into the neighbouring Cape Colony.

Griekwastad
Griekwastad

Griekwastad is a country town in South Africa. It is sometimes still called Griquatown, a name which is now considered historical.

Griqua Park

Griqua Park is an 11,000-capacity multi-purpose stadium in Kimberley, South Africa. It is mainly used for rugby union matches and it the home stadium of provincial Currie Cup side Griquas.

Griqualand West Annexation Act
Griqualand West Annexation Act

The Griqualand West Annexation Act , was the act, passed in the Cape Colony Parliament on 27 July 1877, authorising the union of the Cape Colony with Griqualand West.

Griqualand-East Commando
Griqualand-East Commando

Griqualand East Commando was a light infantry regiment of the South African Army. It formed part of the South African Army Infantry Formation as well as the South African Territorial Reserve.

Griqua coinage
Griqua coinage

The Griqua coinage was the first community coinage in South Africa and was introduced by the London Missionary Society.

Cheetah
Cheetah

The cheetah is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran. It is the fastest land animal, capable of running at 80 to 128 km/h (50 to 80 mph), and as such has several adaptations for speed, including a light build, long thin legs and a long tail.

Cheetah (comics)

The Cheetah is a fictional supervillain appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, commonly as the archenemy of the superhero Wonder Woman. She was created by William Moulton Marston as an allegory of the folly of abnormal emotions such as jealousy, as well as to be another embodiment of what he called "less actively developed women" who needed emotional reform by a love leader (Wonder Woman).