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Early Hartbeespoort – The transformation of a rural retreat

Early Hartbeespoort – The transformation of a rural retreat

Left: Johan Schoeman and his friend Monene after whom Monene St in Schoemansville was named, around the turn of the century In the late twenties and early thirties during the previous century bad roads and the depressed state [...]

Schoemansville – The birth of a township

Schoemansville – The birth of a township

Left: This house, called the Kraaines, is one of the oldest build in the area. Johan Schoeman, founder of Schoemansville, used this photograph in a advertising pamphlet with the inscription: “Holiday House for a Cape Lady”. [...]

Meerhof – Lakeside pains and pleasures

Meerhof – Lakeside pains and pleasures

Left: A family on the Meerhof picnic site. Johan Schoeman energetically promoted the concept of a dam in the Hartebeestpoort, as the name was spelt then, but he was bitter about what he regarded as the [...]