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  • [ 31/10/2026 ] The Helderberg at the Movies: The Landscape as Film Set History of the Helderberg
  • [ 30/10/2026 ] The December Lights: Somerset West at Christmas History of the Helderberg
  • [ 29/10/2026 ] The Night the Mountains Moved, far from the Helderberg History of the Helderberg
  • [ 28/10/2026 ] Where Travellers Slept & the Last Rounds: from Ox Wagon to Disco Balls History of the Helderberg
  • [ 27/10/2026 ] A Bicycle, a Dog and the Freedom of the Open Road History of the Helderberg
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History of the Helderberg

The Winelands Reinvented: New Names on Old Soil

24/09/2026 0
STORY 74 The vines were always here. The Huguenots planted them in the 1680s. The …read more
History of the Helderberg

One of the World’s Great Gardens: The Kogelberg Biosphere

23/09/2026 0
STORY 73 Drive out of Gordon’s Bay on the R44, around the dramatic coastal road …read more
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The River That Remembers: The Lourens and Its Floods

22/09/2026 0
STORY 72 The Lourens River begins high in the Helderberg mountains, collects the rain from …read more
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Full Circle: Vergelegen, Three Centuries Later

21/09/2026 0
STORY 71 We began this book at Vergelegen. A corrupt governor. A land grab. Half …read more
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
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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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