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March 4, 2016

History from Crime: What the Criminal Records can tell us about Cape Society in the Early Colonial Period

Professor Nigel Penn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town. He has written about the impact of colonialism on the Khoisan societies of Southern Africa and the nature of early Dutch and British colonialism. He uses the techniques of microhistory and […]

February 15, 2016

Hermanus was the home of the world’s oldest living professional photographer, Thomas Ravenscroft-a photographic legacy. (Felicity Jervis)

Hermanus was the home of the world’s oldest living professional photographer, Thomas Ravenscroft, for the last years of his long life. Certainly South Africa’s most famous photographer, whose career spanned two centuries, Thomas Ravenscroft left a volume of work to the nation which remains a source of great historical significance […]

February 2, 2016

Hermanus Fishing History: Personal Stories

The boat club is based in the new harbour, was established in 1993 and promotes sustainable boat based fishing. The membership consists of experienced anglers and boat owners. Walter Mapham, the chairperson knew that many of his members had personal history stories to share. A small number of club members […]

January 26, 2016

Fire and Hermanus History

Fire has been an integral part of the Overstrand and Hermanus for millions of years. The first fires happened for purely natural reasons, probably most often started by lightning strikes. The plant ancestors of our fynbos adapted to these periodic fires, probably over hundreds of thousands of years. Then, species […]