2018
October 2, 2018
Part 3 of 3: The Great Fires of Hermanus In trying to identify as many fires as possible I have consulted all written histories of Hermanus, all written memoirs and scanned issues of the Hermanus Times, which has had different names over time. I have arranged the data in chronological order. […]
October 2, 2018
RE-THINKING HERMANUS HISTORY: ECONOMIC GROWTH IN A UNIQUE SOUTH AFRICAN TOWN PRESENTED BY ROBIN LEE MONDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 2018 VENUE: CATHOLIC CHURCH HALL TIME: 16.00 (REFRESHMENTS FROM 15.30) You don’t hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school (Stephen Ambrose) Historians and readers of […]
September 18, 2018
National Library of South Africa The Society will turn 100 in August 2018 and since its inception in 1918, has published one volume of meticulously edited original South African historical documents a year. The Society was established at that time because its founders sought to provide a sense of the […]