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How to Tell if a Wine Is Good Quality: A Simple Guide for South African Wine Lovers

12/10/2026 0
Whether you’re visiting a wine farm in the Cape Winelands, enjoying a tasting along the …read more
Gossip & Reader Submissions

MAN DEMANDS DNA TEST AFTER SON STARTS LOOKING LIKE THE FAMILY HUSKY

12/10/2026 0
Story by: Neall Glennis – Helderburger Dad suspects his wife of some seriously barking behaviour. …read more
History of the Helderberg

The First Classrooms: The Schools That Started Everything

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STORY 92 Featured image: School uniform costs from 1981 Before there were school buildings, there …read more
History of the Helderberg

The Schools That Made Us: The Educational Backbone of the Helderberg

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STORY 91 A community is what its schools make of it. Not entirely, families matter, …read more
History of the Helderberg

When the War Came to Us

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STORY 90 Every young man who grew up in the Helderberg from the 1970s to …read more
History of the Helderberg

The Bren on Conradie Street

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STORY 89 On the corner of Conradie Street and Main Road in Strand, where FNB …read more
History of the Helderberg

Rugby, Cricket and Saturday Sport: The Clubs That Shaped Helderberg Social Life

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STORY 88 Before the wine estates had tasting rooms and before the Saturday market existed …read more
History of the Helderberg

The Helderberg Hospice: A Community Cares for Its Own

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STORY 87 There is no dramatic founding myth here. No single visionary. No government programme …read more
History of the Helderberg

Men of the Sea: Maritime Legends of False Bay

06/10/2026 0
STORY 86 Every working sea produces its legends. The people who spend their lives on …read more
History of the Helderberg

The Great White Sharks of False Bay

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STORY 85 For most of recorded history, the great white sharks of False Bay were …read more

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