This is “old news” for those of us who have lived here for some decades but so many new people have moved into the area in the past few years that a brief summary of its history was suggested. Not all are even aware of the fact that they live in a registered conservancy.
The conservancy covers the following areas: Doornrandjes, Hennops, Hills and Dales, Kalkheuvel, Rhenosterspruit, Riverside Estates, Roodekrans, Schurveberg, Vlakfontein. When people ask where the conservancy...
This odd little koppie, straddling Roodekrans and Hennops River, is one of the most popular sites on the eastern side of the Conservancy. It has considerable historical, archaeological and geological interest. The many generations of amaNdebele families living here regarded it as sacred, calling it Thaba ‘nkonja. So sacred, in fact, that they were not allowed to point at it, believing if they did, their loin cloths would fall off! They were only allowed...
Yvonne Fontyn | Thursday, 2 Jun 2011
Everything about Lethabo is elegant yet comfortable, a testimony to its spirited and intrepid owner.
Two deck chairs under the trees beside a fast-flowing river, picnic baskets packed with delectable goodies, a bottle of chilled white wine — this is what Sundays were made for.
Best of all, when you go to Lethabo, Lise Essberger’s haven on the Klein Krokodil part of the Crocodile River, you don’t...
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