To support this enterprise, the VOC started investigating the possibility of establishing a permanent European presence at the strategically important Cape of Good Hope, situated halfway between the Old World and the New World.
U tikedza hoyu mushumo, vha VOC vha thoma u ita thoḓuluso dza khonadzeo dza u kona u hulisa uri vha European vha vhe hone lwa tshoṱhe kha nḓila ya ndeme kha vha Cape of Good Hope, hune ha fha vhukati kha vha Old World na the New World.