The event that precipitated the KBHA’s formation was the opening of the Kalk Bay Community Centre in 1994. This former 1906 sewage pump station, then wartime SAWAS Recreational Centre, and finally Kalk Bay Library, had been extensively altered and adapted to new uses through a City Council – Private Partnership. It provided meeting spaces, storage
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Johannesburg from the Riverbanks: Navigating the Jukskei is an ambitious and timely contribution to Johannesburg studies. Bringing together twenty-one chapters by twenty-six contributors, the volume emerged largely from the 2023 Riparian Urbanism project and seeks to reposition the Jukskei River
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The graves of Voortrekkers Jan Christoffel and Maria Magdalena Esterhuysen and their descendants are to be found here. Jan and Maria settled on their farm Zandfontein in 1836 and were the first white family to settle in this area. Jan's mother, Judith, was the sister of Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius. Two of Jan's brothers were killed with Piet Retief when they accompanied him on his historic visit to Dingane in 1838.