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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
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History of the Helderberg

Helderberg Churches: The Congregations That Anchored Communities

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STORY 99 Featured image: Church 1911 The Dutch Reformed Church built the Helderberg before any …read more
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Nine Schools: A Helderberg Childhood in Classrooms

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STORY 97 Not every child gets to know a place through one school. Some children …read more
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Born Because the Town Kept Growing

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STORY 94 There is a particular kind of institution that comes into existence not because …read more
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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
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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
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One of the World’s Great Gardens: The Kogelberg Biosphere

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STORY 73 Drive out of Gordon’s Bay on the R44, around the dramatic coastal road …read more
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What’s In a Name? The Long Goodbye to Hottentots Holland

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STORY 70 Featured image: Hottentots Holland Mountains The area you live in has been called …read more
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Mej. Brander: The Girl the Waves Crowned

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STORY 67 Every December the Strand beachfront filled with the same holiday sounds, radios, waves, …read more
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The Night the Helderberg Fell

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STORY 65 Featured image: South African Airways Boeing 747-200BM. This aircraft crashed on 28 November …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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