History of the Helderberg
The Helderberg at the Movies: The Landscape as Film Set
STORY 111 landscape this dramatic was always going to end up on film. The question …read more
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History of the Helderberg
The December Lights: Somerset West at Christmas
STORY 110 Every December, something happens to Main Road in Somerset West that has been …read more
History of the Helderberg
The Night the Mountains Moved, far from the Helderberg
STORY 109 The earthquake that struck on the night of 29 September 1969 did not …read more
History of the Helderberg
Where Travellers Slept & the Last Rounds: from Ox Wagon to Disco Balls
STORY 108 Featured image: Gordonia Hotel Gordon’s Bay 1923 The Helderberg has always needed somewhere …read more
History of the Helderberg
A Bicycle, a Dog and the Freedom of the Open Road
STORY 107 Before the internet. Before the PlayStation. Before parents organised playdates and supervised every …read more
History of the Helderberg
Die Kalfies: A Thing Made in 1833
STORY 106 Featured Image: Die Kalfies – 1833 There is an object in the family …read more
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The Girl on the Stage: Sonja Herholdt, Somerset West, 1974
STORY 105 It was a weekday afternoon in 1974. School had not yet ended for …read more
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The Voice in the Shower: Manuel Escórcio and Helderberg College
STORY 104 The story of how Manuel Escórcio became one of South Africa’s most celebrated …read more
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Karl Kielblock: The Teacher Who Wrote Forty Books
STORY 103 Somewhere behind Strand’s rows of cottages and church halls sat a quiet primary …read more
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The Poet of the Sea: Ingrid Jonker and Gordon’s Bay
STORY 102 Featured image: Ingrid Jonker memorial There is a memorial on the Gordon’s Bay …read more