7-8 lees ook Dalene MATTHEE se boek 'Pieternella van die Kaap', en D. 227-8 Ockert MALAN se 'Die Van Schalkwyks v.d. Met verwysing na 'SA Biografiese Woordeboek deel II, bl. īron: Die Geslagsregister van die familie PELSER, PELSTER, PELSZER, PELTSER, PELTZER en PELZER in Suid-Afrika sedert 1708 deur R. Sy trou met Pieter VAN MEERHOF (Nederlands vir Peter HAVGARD) burgerlik op. Sy was lid van die Goringhaicona (Strandlopers). Krotoa, (Eva genoem deur Kommandeur Jan VAN RIEBEECK aan wie se huis sy opgevoed is), is ongeveer 1642 in die Kaap gebore.

It seems she was born at what became Cape Town, indigenously known as: ǁHui !gaeb. We do not know her name or that of her birth parents. The name 'Krotoa' was most likely not a name but rather a Dutch approximated spelling of the Khoe designation !Oroǀõas (or, in Khoekhoegowab spelling: !Goroǀgôas), referring to the fact that she was put under guardianship of her uncle Ari whose praise name was Autshumato (properly spelled Kx'aothumathub) of the //Ammaqua, also referred to be the derogatory name !Uriǁ’aeǀ’ona people (Goringhaikona/Strandlopers). Short SABC movie - 'Krotoa' - by Penguin FilmsĪn opposing and less symphathetic view of Krotoa, especially relating to the film KROTOA can be viewed in Ī critical analysis of the film on her life, by Patric Tariq Mellet.Excellent Biography at the Cape Slave and Indigene People's Site by Patric Tariq Mellet.Please see Timeline Tab for a breakdown of her Life Events Feel free to add information or other interpretations as well.Add yourself to the list of Krotoa's Grandchildren on Geni.All social group names end with 'qua' or 'koa'. (JvR notes that Autshumao's people preferred to call themselves Watermans. There was never a community who called themselves 'Goringhaicona'. The term migrated from being used to describe the //Ammaqua traders to later describe a group who split from the Cochoqua. !Goroǀgôas of the ǁAmmaqua (c1642, Cape - 29 July 1674 Robben Island) Krotoa (called 'Eva' by V Riebeeck) of the ǁAmmaqua (Watermans) referred to disparagingly by some Peninsula Khoe as Goringhaicona (Deserters, Drifters, Outcasts) and initially confused with those the Dutch called 'Strandloopers' (Sonqua line-fishermen).

Krotoa-Eva by Trudie Bloem