Anna Basson Blog

Stellenbosch had three red school buildings

by 'nDromer | Local News
Did you know that Paul Roos was once situated in Victoria Street? All three the well-known high schools in Stellenbosch are more than a century old and all three has been located in different parts of town.The old Bloemhof school is now the Stellenbosch art museum, the old Paul Roos building is the Visual Arts department, and...  Continue reading

Fire fighting in Stellenbosch's history

by 'nDromer | Local News
Stellenbosch had 2 big fires, the first in 1710 and the second in 1803. With the devastating fire of 1803, 42 buildings burned down, about a third of the town at that stage.These two disasters (as well as gale force winds that occasionally damaged the buildings) are some of the reasons why all the historic buildings in the to...  Continue reading

The story of the P.J. Olivier art centre

by 'nDromer | Local News
This week I decided to visit my alma mater, the P.J. Olivier art center on the braak.Most Stellenbossers would have heard of the art center. It is where the high schools in town (including Bloemhof, Paul Roos Gymnasium and Rhenish Girls High) go for arts and culture. The school also has extra curricular art programs from Grad...  Continue reading

Die storie van die Meulplein - Stellenbosch

by 'nDromer | Local News
Het jy geweet een van Stellenbosch se oorspronklik koringmeule was geleë op die ‘meulplein’ of ‘mill square’, vandag die klein pleintjie tussen Vida e Caffé, Mugg and Bean en die Rynse Kerk? Dit is die rede hoekom ons name het soos De Oude Meul Guest house, Mill Coffee House en uiteraard Meulstraat.Trivia oor die meul In d...  Continue reading

Olienhout street - Stellenbosch's indigenous forests

by 'nDromer | Local News
Indigenous forests are usually associated with Knysna and its surrounds, but there were many olienhout, stinkhout, hardepeer and assegaaihout in Stellenbosch in the past. Today we see examples of this in the mountain kloofs of Jonkershoek – especially in Swarboskloof and Langrivierkloof. Luckily Assegaaibos and the Jonkershoe...  Continue reading

Where does the name Jonkershoek come from?

by 'nDromer | Local News
The word 'Jonker' literally translates as 'young man' or bachelor. So why is this valley called Jonkershoek? (as well as the street leading to it)?Mountaineering, fauna and flauraJonkershoek nature reserve is one of the most popular places in the Western Cape for those who love the outdoors.The reserve covers almost 11,000 he...  Continue reading