Chairman’s Annual Report for the Society’s 2017-2018 Year Each year as one starts to compile the annual report the hardest part is not where to start but what does one omit?, This year your Society has enjoyed an even more
Van Riebeck Society becomes Historical Publications S.A.
Atatched is a letter from Jayne Moir advising interested parties that the Van Riebeck Society has changes its name to Historical Publications South Africa, and of the new library in Cape Town. Our Society made a donation of R2000 towards
S.A. National Society Tour of West Street Cemetery
Committee member, Angie St George spearheaded a visit to the historical West Street Cemetery last week. This cemetery has many of the graves of citizens and officials who built not only the City but also contributed to the development of
Address by Chairman Hardy Wilson on WWI – Centenary Commemorations
WW1 or The Great War How privileged we all are being able to celebrate peace 100 years to the day after the Armistice was signed in the forest of Compiegne, in 1918. People all round the World are today gathering
S.A.National Society Newsletter for November 2018
Celebrating the Armistice of 1918 at St Cyprians Church, Umbilo On Sunday morning as we led up to the 11th hour of the 11th month the Society played its part by participating in the Mass which celebrated the signing of
WWI – Poems – Remembering the Armistice
John McCrea’s poem, ‘In Flanders Fields” undoubtedly is the most well remembered poem emerging from WWI and hauntingly reminds us of why we remember the tragedy of this brutal war. The S.A. National Society, by way of publishing this
S.A. Legion – Centenary of Armistice – St Cyprian’s Church – Umbilo
Chairman of S.A.National Society, Hardy Wilson has been hard at work ensuring that the Society is playing its part in commemorating the Centenary of the end of WWI. As well as participating in the Remembrance Service at St Cyprian’s Church,