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VISIT TO MOUNT PLEASANT: POSTPONED
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HERMANUS HISTORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER: JUNE 2020
Hi Everyone, We hope that you are all well. We are sorry that we are unable to meet and we have thought about zoom meetings. However, we…
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The history of ‘beach apartheid’ in the Overstrand
Following on last week’s article which presented a picture of how the Group Areas Act led to the segregation of residential areas and…
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The legacy of segregation in Hermanus
Like all South African human settlements, Hermanus has been shaped in many ways by apartheid. Through his research into how the Group Areas…
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Hermanus Botanical Society – 60 years of private and municipal cooperation
As we saw in the previous article, Hermanus society and the founding of NGOs, our town has an abundance of voluntary organisations that…
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Hermanus society and the founding of NGOs: 1920 – 2020
In this comprehensive new series on the history of Hermanus, DR ROBIN LEE turns his attention to the proliferation of non-government…
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Historic holiday homes in Hermanus
Writer Dr Robin Lee A review of holiday homes in Hermanus covers two categories of accommodation. The rst category refers to fairly…
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Early tearooms, cafés and restaurants in Hermanus
In Part 5 of this series of articles on the early development of business in Hermanus, DR ROBIN LEE of the Hermanus History Society turns…
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The development of domestic and business life in Hermanus
By the 1950s, business and domestic life in Hermanus co-existed side-by-side. Many of the town’s early settler families lived in…
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PART 3: Early development of business in Hermanus
In Part 2 of his comprehensive history on the early development of business in Hermanus, DR ROBIN LEE of the Hermanus History Society…
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Part 2: Early business development in Hermanus
In Part 1 of this article, we looked at the earliest moves towards developing businesses in Hermanus, and how they gained momentum in the…
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Local authors in the spotlight
In addition to three books about our fascinating region – Annalize Mouton’s A Bend in the Road, on Tesselaarsdal, Robin Lee’s For Keeps, a…
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