Since 1652 //Hue !Gaeb like its indigenous people, the indigenous flora survived the onslaught of colonisation, urbanisation, development and near extinction of plants, animals and its people.
18 May 1659 the first Khoe Dutch war led by Dowman the leader of the Ghorinaiqua. Since then several more Khoe wars against the invaders have taken place.
By 1713 due to the smallpox epidemic, most Khoe were exterminated.
Yet until this day the rights and knowledge are denied to all indigenous first people.
Unfortunately, man has not improved the heritage been found here. It is being diminished by.
- Deforestation
- Building
- Cultivation
- Planting and spreading exotic vegetation
- Introducing exotic and strange animals
- Establishing reservoirs
- Producing conditions conducive to erosion
- Frequent fires
Yet despite such depreciation //Hui !Gaeb remains a bastion of Floral variety and Beauty as do all mountains in the western cape.
The vegetation of the SW Cape constitutes an endemic and unique flora called Fynbos.
The Cape Floristic Kingdom is one of Six Floral Kingdoms in the world:
- Boreal Kingdom- northern hemisphere
- Paleotropical Kingdom- Africa, Madagascar, South Africa and Indo-Malaysia
- Neotropical- South America and the Caribbean
- South Africa’s Khoedom- SW Cape
- Australian Kingdom- Aboriginal
- The Antarctic Kingdom and New Zealand
The Cape Peninsula alone contains +2500 flowering plants.
First People Indigenous 