Category: Stories and history
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Strand railway station
Strand Railway Station, located in the Western Cape, was officially inaugurated on 16 December 1905 as the terminus of a short branch line extending from Van der Stel station in Somerset West. This branch formed part of the wider Overberg railway network, which had been progressively expanding eastward from Cape Town since the late 1800s…
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Pieter Noodt
Die strydlustige en onaangename goewerneur van die Kaap die Goeie Hoop, Pieter Noodt, sterf aan ‘n hartaanval in sy kantoor in die Kasteel de Goede Hoop. Daar word vertel dat sy gees vir dekades daaarna nog gesien is waar hy al vloekend in sy kantoor heen en weer loop. Noodt was bekend vir sy barbaarse…