A German Rhodes Scholar directs the Battle of Montecassino
Here is a story about a most interesting Rhodes Scholar – Fridolin Rudolph von Senger…
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Seal Island
Writing in the 1930’s, Lawrence Green described the commercial activity that took place each year…
The Robbery of Mzilikazi’s Grave
The italicised text below is from Mzilikazi’s Grave | Zimbabwe Field Guide (zimfieldguide.com)Soon after the…
Mzilikazi’s Grave
Sir Herbert Baker on Cecil Rhodes: “His respect for the dead is better known by…
The St James Cannonball
In 2014 Derek Stuart-Findlay of the Kalk Bay Historical Society gave a cannonball to the…
Blue Plaques in Muizenberg Sir Herbert Baker
Born in England, but South Africa’s most famous architect, Herbert Baker flourished in South Africa…
Blue Plaques in Muizenberg Muizenberg Shul
On 2 September 2021 your Society was pleased to unveil plaques commemorating two important contributors…
The Lozi of Western Zambia
The ghost of Cecil Rhodes wanders far and wide. When Queen Victoria granted the Charter…
The Early Days – the Rhodes brothers in the Ncibi Valley, Natal
Herbert Rhodes emigrated to South Africa in 1868, and joined a fellow passenger Thomas Foster…
Zandvlei Foot Bridge, Muizenberg
Most of us have used the foot bridge over the Zandvlei at some stage. How…