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Category: History

NOW YOU KNOW IT – HMS BIRKENHEAD & WOMEN

Aug 28, 2019 Marthunis Barnard

We all know the story by now about the infamous HMS Birkenhead that sank off the coast of Danger Point in Gansbaai in 1852. Of the 643 people only 193 survived.

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NOW YOU KNOW IT – BAARDSKEERDERSBOS

Aug 26, 2019 Marthunis Barnard
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Baardskeerdersbos or B’bos as its locally known as is a small village in the heart of the Overberg. It has a population of about 100 people.

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