1870
David Pieter de Villers starts journey at Combrinck & Ross Company
David Pieter de Villiers Graaff started his journey in the Combrinck & Ross Company, they provided live stock to Cape Town, David’s brother Jacobus Arnoldus Combrinck Graaff joins the business as well. They entered the business to assist their uncle, who wanted to follow a career in
politics and to support their family in Wolfhuiskloof.
1876
Combrinck & Ross company became the Combrinck & Co
The two brothers were chosen as the successors of the Combrinck butchery, the partner Ross was
retrenched with a severance package. From there on
Combrinck & Ross company became the
Combrinck & Co.
1881
David & Jacobus officially take control of Combrinck & Co
David and Jacobus officially take control of Combrinck & Co. David Graaff starts to take an interest in the political life, as a young man he quickly climbs the political ladder and with new ideas he set out to change Cape Town.
Combrinck & Co. implements a new invention into their warehouses. They start to build their first cold storage in their Cape Town warehouse.
Mayor David Graaff implements plans to better the drainage system in Cape Town to minimize the blood and sewage from the butcheries. With the assistance of Cycil John Rhodes the plans are rolled out to provide a cleaner Cape Town.
Combrinck & Co. have implemented plans and started to build cold storage warehouses, refrigerators and Ice making plants at different locations along the railway.
A new building is built for Combrinck & Co. At Dock Road. Combrinck & Co. create a new company called South African supply and cold storage company ltd. And they begin to trade under the new name. During the war the South African supply and cold storage company
provides the British troops with fresh meat that is
imported from Australia.