by Gert van den Bergh As with the Battle of Blood River, the Battle of Vegkop almost a year earlier was a crucial point in determining the deployment of the Great Trek....
by Rose Lund About 5.5 km north of the southern Free State town of Bethulie, a newly tarred road cuts straight through to Springfontein, past the farm Constantia. ...
by Trudie Venter The searing heat and gusts of wind whip up clouds of dust. Although it is now open ground, I am trying to imagine what it looked like 108 years ago wi...
by Roy Mack He was large – and immovable. He would lie at the top of the gangplank leaving only enough space to squeeze past. “You’re just a nuisance,” the sailor...
by Anita Henning She’s got it, yeah baby, she’s got it ring the words of the famous song Venus by Bananarama. But what exactly was it that she had that eventually led ...