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Archive for 'February,2012'

Hawkers threaten motorists

Hawkers threaten motorists

Left: The hawkers at the Dam wall have again become an issue after threatening and harassing a motorist last weekend. The annoying hawkers at the Dam wall have been a bone of contention for years but [...]

Driejarige kry haar droom

Driejarige kry haar droom

Links: Op die Hartbeespoortdam saam met mamma Colette. Die Reik vir ‘n Droom organisasie het onlangs ‘n pragtige klein dogtertjie wat aan ‘n lewensbedreigende siekte lei se droom verwesentlik. Deane Grobler (3) wou baie graag die [...]

Hellbent on murky annihilation

Hellbent on murky annihilation

Editorial by Deon van Huizen Photo by Paul Collier As far back as July 2003 Kormorant reported on the plans of the local municipality and a developer to establish a so-called “affordable housing” scheme in the [...]

Don’t you just hate Shopping?

With Rick van Rossum Surely not at those friendly neighbourhood shops, remember when they were on the corner and called Cafes? Yes those and all the others too, even when they’re not real but in that [...]

The Battle of Silkaatsnek 11 July 1900 – Armageddon of the mountain

The Battle of Silkaatsnek 11 July 1900 – Armageddon of the mountain

Left: British forces guarding Silkaatsnek. The Battle of Silkaatsnek took place five weeks after the British forces marched into Pretoria, fully expecting a quick cessation of hostilities. After the Battle of Diamond Hill, which the British [...]

Silkaatsnek – What’s in a name?

Silkaatsnek – What’s in a name?

Left: British forces in the Hartbeespoort area People traveling from the vicinity of Hartbeespoort towards the bushveld in Northwest, have to cross the Magaliesberg either over Kommandonek or Silkaatsnek if they don’t go over the Dam [...]

Watery grave for war veteran

Watery grave for war veteran

Left: A DH9 - similar to the one that crashed into the Hartbeespoort Dam The murky waters of Hartbeespoort Dam hide many relics from the past, but certainly one of the most interesting is the wreck of an [...]

Dagdrome

Dagdrome

Dromer van Hartbeespoort skryf; Die Silkaatsnek vierbaan snelweg tussen Brits en Harties ry vandag soos ‘n droom.  Saam met die robotte wat op strategiese afdraaie geplaas is en verhoed dat padgebruikers kanse vat en skielik voor [...]

Where do memorandums go?

Editorial by Daleen van Manen It is indeed a sad day that people have to take to the streets, threaten, plead and rage in an effort to have the most basic human rights like water and [...]

Indigenous grassland plants (3)

by Dr Johan Wentzel Up to now the trees and shrubs of the grasslands have been discussed in the The Green File. What is not known to many people is that the perennials and bulbs that [...]