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William Cock: Hero of Villain?
No full textThe answer to this question lies in whether the reader believes that the present social order in South Africa is just and sustainable, and how the colonialism contributed to that order. The question that follows is whether the 1820 settlers warrant our contempt or admiration? An honest answer involves discarding the conventional view of them as a homogenous social category. Instead, we need to recognize that they included very different people, some of whom brought indentured servants with them, some were professional people, but the majority of the settlers were the victims of a heartless colonial project
The bridges over the river Kei
No full textThe article is the outcome of the author\u27s long-standing interest in the number and variety of bridges that were built within a short section of the Great Kei River at Victoria Drift - in close proximity to the village of Komgha - over a 100-year period. The particular bridges under scrutiny - with their dates of construction - are as follows:
Temporary Military Bridge, 1877 (no longer extant)
Lattice Girder Wagon Bridge, 1879
Timber Railway Bridge, 1905 (only foundations remaining)
Relocated Lattice Girder Railway Bridge, 1948
N2 SANRAL Concrete Bridge, 1977
William John Burchell, multi-skilled polymath: his return journey from Graaf Reinet to Uitenhage 1813
Get PDFTwo hundred and ten years ago, 29-year-old William John Burchell stepped on to the wooden jetty near Cape Town\u27s Castle and immediately started planning his journey of scientific exploration of southern Africa. This would take four years, mostly by ox-wagon, and cover 7000km. On 19 June 1811, he departed Cape Town \u27’with a mind free from prejudice\u27’ and “solely for the purpose of acquiring knowledge” …He travelled to about 150 km north of Kuruman, explored the Ky-Gariep (Vaal) River and returned to Cape Town via Graaff-Reinet, the mouth of the Great Fish River, Uitenhage, Mossel Bay and Swellendam..
The Stone of Memory: The Stone of Memory, East London
No full textThe Buffalo River mouth, around which the town of East London was established in 1848, was far removed from the land allocated to the 1820 Settlers in the Lower Albany district. Nevertheless, a small scale memorial related to the mass settlement scheme was installed in East London, on Settlers’ Way on the West Bank. Known as ‘The Stone of Memory’ it is now situated on the southeast corner of Union Ave and Botha Road in Selborne, in close proximity to Clarendon High School for Girls, The Guild Theatre and Selborne College. A history and description of The Stone of Memory is set out below
