by Willie Meyer – from his book “Magaliesberg Kaleidoscope”
The construction of Hartbeespoort Dam was one engineering project envisaged for many years but was so fraught with...
by Willie Meyer – from his book “Magaliesberg Kaleidoscope”
Large bodies of water like Hartbeespoort Dam have an aura of timelessness as if they have always been...
by Willie Meyer – from his book “Magaliesberg Kaleidoscope”
One of the growing pains of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek which affected this part of the Magaliesberg was the...
by Ian Copley
General Lord Roberts reached Pretoria on June 5th. 1900 from the Cape after several set—piece battles astride the railway line. His extended...
by Willie Meyer – from his book “Magaliesberg Kaleidoscope”
General Hendrik Schoeman has carved his place in history by his role in the First Anglo Boer War and especially the controversy...
by Albrecht Holm – Hartbeespoort Environment Heritage Association (HEHA)
After the British invaded Pretoria on 5 June 1900, only one regular set battle took place at...
by Willie Meyer – from his book “Magaliesberg Kaleidoscope”
Broederstroom was established in the early 1840s when the Pretorius brothers, Piet, Bart and Wynand settled on the banks...
by Willie Meyer – from his book “Magaliesberg Kaleidoscope”
The death of General Hendrik Schoeman, Boer general and father of Johan Hendrik, the founder of the town of...
by Willie Meyer – from his book “Magaliesberg Kaleidoscope”
The history of the Ras family of Bokfontein is dominated by Marthinus Ras’s building of the canon that was used...
by Willie Meyer – from his book “Magaliesberg Kaleidoscope”
When there is talk of the Ras family of Bokfontein, one immediately thinks of the Ras canon,...
by Willie Meyer – from his book “Magaliesberg Kaleidoscope”
Longevity is a trademark of the Engelbrecht family of Rietfontein. People who would be regarded by other...
