Tourism – The Ins & Outs and the Ups & Downs by Michael GardnerReviewed by Vincent CarruthersTourism can be a benefit or a curse to the environment – a benefit by offering economic viability to nature conservation; a curse by damaging or over-exploiting sensitive ecosystems.Michael Gardner has spent almost 60
CHRISTMAS IN HAENERTSBURG With the Festive Season coming up, I thought it may be appropriate to give some useful information and advice. Of course, very few people ever ask me for my advice but, as the writer of this blog, I reckon I am quite entitled to give it. Firstly,
WILDERNESS If you look up the word ‘wilderness’ in the dictionary or on Google, you will find various definitions that all seem to focus on the fact that the wilderness is an uninhabited, uncultivated and inhospitable region or area. And, I suppose for most people, that is quite enough to
THE WATER TANK It’s not quite a yellow brick road, but it is made of pale grey bricks and it is known to the locals as ‘The Highway to Heaven’. Yes, indeed, it is the new road from the village of Haenertsburg up to our cemetery. High on a hill,
RIVER CAPTURE Did you know that we don’t actually live on a mountain We live in a basin! That’s the message from one of the speakers at a recent function arranged by the Haenertsburg Library as part of National Heritage Month. Let me explain as best I can! If you
RISSIK STREET When I talk about Rissik Street, I am not referring to that busy street that runs from west to east across downtown Johannesburg, but to our own main street in that runs roughly east to west through downtown Haenertsburg. No more than about 500 metres from one end
BIRD WATCHING I am not a great bird-watcher although I never stop being amazed at the diversity of shapes, sizes and colours of the birds of our country, never mind those of more distant lands. They are almost as diverse as the fish on coral reefs, one of which I
GRASSLANDS I was sitting at a local tavern the other day enjoying a cup of coffee when Ioverhead snatches of a conversation between two people that I did notrecognize. Mind you, I had been away from the Mountain for a few years andthere are many new people around, so they
MARKETS One of the great things about many small towns and villages is that you can actually meet the local people and chat to them and discover why they like living in that particular small town or village and what it is that they do to put food on the
What do you know about ‘ley’ lines? No, don’t run away! I’m not going to mention UFOs, ancient aliens or little green men, but about ‘energy’ lines that are known in many parts of the world to connect places of historical or megalithic importance or places in nature which have
Hi there! It’s Fred Bullock again, keeping warm on these Winter evenings. Many people complain about the weather on the mountain, but I think we have great weather here. That is, apart from some periods during summer when that grey mist comes down and creeps into every bone in your
Well, that’s the election out of the way and we can all get back to the serious business of our history! I wasn’t very keen on history at school but, as I’ve grown older, I have come to realise that who we are today is linked so closely to where
Greetings! Fred Bullock here again with some further thoughts on our beautifulMagoebaskloof area.I mentioned how the village seems transformed into a vibrant food, drink,shopping and sleeping centre and, and now I want to take a quick look at acouple of the other attractions in and around the village.Haenertsburg was a
Greetings! My name is Fred and I lived on what we call ‘The Mountain’ for many years before going abroad for just on twenty years. I’m very happy to be back and I invite you to share some of my impressions of the hardy old tourism spots and the many
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE MOUNTAIN BY THE HAENERTSBURG LOCAL AREA COMMITTEE AS A SYMBOL OF PEACE. HIERDIE MONUMENT IS NAMENS DIE MENSE VAN DIE BERG DEUR DIE PLAASLIKE GEBIEDSKOMITEE VAN HAENERTSBURG AS SIMBOOL VAN VREDE OPGERIG. SEGOPOTŠO SE SE HLOMILWE LEGATONG LA BADUDI
This year, Stanford Lake College celebrates 25 years. Two Stanford community members have undertaken to delve into the school’s history and what they have picked out whilst interviewing and researching the early years, is that the foundation of the school was very much through a strong community involvement, a commitment
-23.85029006962297, 29.98928182587214 O’Connor, Mr Alexander James (forestry) Born: 22 December 1884, Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. Died: 3 October 1957, Magoebaskloof, Limpopo, South Africa. Alexander James O’Connor received his secondary schooling in Stellenbosch and passed the matriculation examination of the University of the Cape of Good Hope in 1901. He was employed
The Cape Parrot, is a species of parrot endemic to South Africa. It is considered to be one of the most endangered parrot species in the world, with only an estimated 1,000 to 1,500 individuals remaining in the wild. The Wolkberg is a mountain range in the Limpopo Province of
The Friends of the Haenertsburg Grassland is a community organization dedicated to the preservation and restoration of the grassland ecosystem in Haenertsburg, a small town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The group was founded in 1996 by a group of concerned local residents who recognized the importance of
Thušanang, meaning ‘to help one another’ is a non profit organisation founded in 1986. Our core focus is the development and well-being of the young child. The majority of our activities are conducted through community-based Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres where we reach the communities through the ECD practitioners, committees