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  • [ 31/10/2026 ] The Helderberg at the Movies: The Landscape as Film Set History of the Helderberg
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  • [ 28/10/2026 ] Where Travellers Slept & the Last Rounds: from Ox Wagon to Disco Balls History of the Helderberg
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Month: September 2026

History of the Helderberg

What’s In a Name? The Long Goodbye to Hottentots Holland

20/09/2026 0
STORY 70 Featured image: Hottentots Holland Mountains The area you live in has been called …read more
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PISS & PERIL ON THE PARADE: THE SOMERSET WEST FLAT OWNER FACING A STINKING NIGHTMARE!

19/09/2026 0
EXCLUSIVEBy Elliot Berg, Submitted by L. Kinshella SOMERSET WEST – A local flat dweller has …read more
History of the Helderberg

The Day Everything Changed: April 27, 1994

19/09/2026 0
STORY 69 There are days in a nation’s life that divide time into before and …read more
History of the Helderberg

Springbok Café: Pinball, Milkshakes and the Sound of Summer

18/09/2026 0
STORY 68 There was a certain sound that meant summer had arrived on Beach Road …read more
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Somerset West Primary School Bake Sale

18/09/2026 0
Somerset West primary school bake sale raises R2,340 — cost of venue hire, admin and …read more
History of the Helderberg

Mej. Brander: The Girl the Waves Crowned

17/09/2026 0
STORY 67 Every December the Strand beachfront filled with the same holiday sounds, radios, waves, …read more
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Whale Watching Disaster

17/09/2026 0
Whale Watching Tour Accidentally Follows Plastic Bag for 40 Minutes A whale watching vessel operating …read more
History of the Helderberg

Miss Strand Comes Down: The Town’s First Aeroplanes

16/09/2026 0
STORY 66 Featured image: Miss Strand Long before anyone in Strand thought to build a …read more
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Resident Starts DIY Project

16/09/2026 0
Helderberg Resident Starts DIY Project — Immediately Becomes Contractor What began as replacing a leaking …read more
History of the Helderberg

The Night the Helderberg Fell

15/09/2026 0
STORY 65 Featured image: South African Airways Boeing 747-200BM. This aircraft crashed on 28 November …read more

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