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History of the Helderberg

A heritage and historical archive exploring the Helderberg and broader Cape region. This section covers documented events, family histories, early regional development, and notable historical figures, drawing on historical records and research to present the region’s past in context.

History of the Helderberg

The Road That Stopped

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STORY 57 Next time you drive west on the N2 from Somerset West toward Cape …read more
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After the Circus Left: A New Hall for a Changing Town

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STORY 56 The field is gone, but the ground it stood on did not sit …read more
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The Big Top and the Merry-Go-Round: December in Strand

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STORY 55 Before the Dorpsmeent was built on the open field opposite the municipality in …read more
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The Man Who Started Station 9: Doug van der Riet and the NSRI

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STORY 54 The National Sea Rescue Institute did not begin in a purpose-built facility with …read more
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The Man Who Walked Away from the Dynamite Factory

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STORY 53 In 1962, a young production planner at the AECI Dynamite Factory made a …read more
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What Rose from the Ruins: Paardevlei Reinvented

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STORY 52 In 1998, the Cape Explosives Works, the factory that Cecil Rhodes had commissioned, …read more
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The Funkey in the Kink of the Old Road

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STORY 51 Every Helderberg driver of a certain age would remember the kink in the …read more
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The Factory That Made Everything: Somchem, Secrets and Sanctions

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STORY 50 In 1971, the factory changed hands in a way that changed everything about …read more
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The Day the Ground Shook: June 1962

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STORY 49 The online record for the June 1962 explosion at the AECI factory in …read more
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No Fire, No Spark: The Locomotives of Firgrove

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STORY 48 Featured image: Borsig No. 2, 0-4-0F fireless Push a child on the swings …read more

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