As you approach Hartbeespoort Dam on the R511, the road rises steeply over Saartjie’s Nek to reveal a spectacular view of the dam with the cliffs of the Magaliesberg behind. On a koppie to the right, a massive granite cross commemorates General Hendrik Schoeman and overlooks the grand panorama that he envisioned but never lived to see.
The memorial
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Pallinghurst Road in Westcliff is one of Joburg’s most gracious, and on Saturday 7 November we walk along this leafy street passing baronial Glenshiel on our way to the Hope School. Glenshiel’s gardens will be at their best, and we’ll get to admire the jacarandas of Parkview, Parkwood and beyond too.
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Here is an aerial photograph of the heavy cruiser, HMS Dorsetshire at speed: a sleek, silver streak of naval power cutting through the wine dark sea. The caption tells us: She was in Cape Town numerous times between December 1939 and December 1941.