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Visagie was born about 1751 in the Dutch Cape Colony, and he became a farmer in the area near the Olifants River.
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Guilliam Visagie
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He is considered to have been the first person of European ancestry to have settled in the country. In 1780, he was found guilty of killing a Nama and wounding two others In 1791 he was living at Swartmodder (modern Keetmanshoop), where he farmed and traded firearms to the Namas for cattle.
In 1793, he withdrew from his farm after a clash with Afrikaner Oorlams commandos, who were apparently acting on orders from the VOC.
