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Trees Must Fall

Trees Must Fall

This 35-year-old tree had been leaning over at an increasingly alarming angle and finally snapped at the base.

Father's Day in South Africa

Father's Day In South Africa

Father’s Day is a special day meant to honour one’s father or anyone acting as a father figure in one’s life.

Youth Day - 16 June 2022

Youth Day - 16 June 2022

16 June was marked as a day of resistance and as an occasion to remember those who had lost their lives or were injured on that day in 1976.

Post Coital Dysphoria

Post Coital Dysphoria

I recently picked up my mother's copy of the Complete Works of Shakespeare, which was awarded to her as a prize while she was attending the Keaton's Road School for Girls in Bermondsey, London...

‘Harder Koning’ van Toeka se jare

‘Harder Koning’ Van Toeka ...

“My pa, Chrisjan Vermeulen, se besigheid het bestaan uit die koop van vis in Gansbaai by die vissermanne, wat hy weer verkoop het,” vertel Susan Butler.

Gans-Berg Nuus / News
My Military Career

My Military Career

The Defence Amendment Bill, designed to make military service compulsory for White men, was passed on 9 June 1967. I turned 17 five months later.

Kerk Eeufees 28 - 29 Mei 2022

Kerk Eeufees 28 - 29 Mei 2022

Die Baardskeerdersbos NGK hou op 28 en 29 Mei Eeufees wanneer die huidge kerk gebou 100 jaar oud is.

Memory Project: The .22 Pistol

Memory Project: The .22 Pistol

During my childhood I saw my mother in tears on many occasions.

Visit the Danger Point Lighthouse!

Visit The Danger Point Lightho...

The grounds of the Danger Point Lighthouse will be open to the public on Sat 30th April; Sunday 1 May and Monday 2 May from 10h00-15h00.

Gans-Berg Nuus / News
Trees Must Fall

Trees Must Fall

Ian Martin in Pearly Beach

This 35-year-old tree had been leaning over at an increasingly alarming angle and finally snapped at the base.

Father's Day in South Africa

Father's Day in South Africa

Rest and Sea Self-catering

Father’s Day is a special day meant to honour one’s father or anyone acting as a father figure in one’s life.

Youth Day - 16 June 2022

Youth Day - 16 June 2022

Rest and Sea Self-catering

16 June was marked as a day of resistance and as an occasion to remember those who had lost their lives or were injured on that day in 1976....

Post Coital Dysphoria

Post Coital Dysphoria

Ian Martin in Pearly Beach

I recently picked up my mother's copy of the Complete Works of Shakespeare, which was awarded to her as a prize while she was attending ...

‘Harder Koning’ van Toeka se jare

‘Harder Koning’ van Toeka se jare

Gans-Berg Nuus / News

“My pa, Chrisjan Vermeulen, se besigheid het bestaan uit die koop van vis in Gansbaai by die vissermanne, wat hy weer verkoop het,&rdq...

My Military Career

My Military Career

Ian Martin in Pearly Beach

The Defence Amendment Bill, designed to make military service compulsory for White men, was passed on 9 June 1967. I turned 17 fiv...

Kerk Eeufees 28 - 29 Mei 2022

Kerk Eeufees 28 - 29 Mei 2022

Baardskeerdersbos Is Lekker

Die Baardskeerdersbos NGK hou op 28 en 29 Mei Eeufees wanneer die huidge kerk gebou 100 jaar oud is.

Memory Project: The .22 Pistol

Memory Project: The .22 Pistol

Ian Martin in Pearly Beach

During my childhood I saw my mother in tears on many occasions.

Visit the Danger Point Lighthouse!

Visit the Danger Point Lighthouse!

Gans-Berg Nuus / News

The grounds of the Danger Point Lighthouse will be open to the public on Sat 30th April; Sunday 1 May and Monday 2 May from 10h00-15h00. ...