‘THEM’S MY SENTIMENTS!’ 5
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 that special ‘sense of place’. […]
Long Tom Monument
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 BA THABA YA BJATLADI, KE […]
Stanford Lake College – 25 years in the making
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 to getting things done and […]
O’Connor Monument
-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 in the Forestry Department of […]
The Cape Parrot
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 South Africa and is the […]
Friends of the Haenertsburg Grassland
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 protecting the unique grassland habitat […]
Thušanang
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 and parents. Residential training is […]
The Long Tom in Haenertsburg.
-23.88511946366433, 29.960033278875848 “Grenfell now got news of the Boer main body on the Haenertsburg mountain, due east of Pietersburg; with them was reported to be a 6-in. gun, rumours of which had long gone about the district He immediately turned in that direction, and passing through Woodbush on the 29th, was greeted by the cannon […]
Who is John Buchan?
-23.966409489917435, 29.95978475549158 Buchanan is remembered in the land he loved……. “TWO pictures I have always carried to cheer me in dismal places,’ wrote Scottish novelist John Buchan in his autobiography. “One is of a baking noon on the highveld, the sky a merciless blue, the brown earth shimmering in a heat haze… the other is […]
