The history of the first sighting of the Cape of Good Hope and the discovery of the Cape area of South Africa
Cape Colony
The story of one of the greatest hero's of South Africa who,together with his horse, died while saving lives from a sinking ship during a terrible storm.
Wolraad Woltemade
The Boer War is also known by many other names. It has been called the Second Boer War, or the Anglo Boer War or even the South African War. The first Boer War was a somewhat short conflict that came about when the Dutch settlers of the Transvaal rebelled against […]
The Boer War
In the heart of South Africa’s Frontier Country tourist route of the Eastern Cape Province, lies the historic town of Grahamstown. At the mention of Grahamstown, for most South Africans two things spring to mind, the first being Rhodes University and the second is the National Arts Festival. In 1812, […]
Grahamstown – Eastern Cape
The Voortrekker Monument was built to honor the Voortrekkers who started to leave behind British Rule in the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854 and with enormous courage and resolve travelled in a number of large groups inland facing many dangers and hardships along the way, in an effort to […]