Wow!

Who wouldn’t want to attend such a program?

*The Middelburg peace discussions 28 February 2001: From where, and where to.

*Trailblazers and colorful characters who journeyed through Middelburg’s “Gateway to history”.

*Middelburg’s spatial heritage: Memory, reflection, sustainable futures.

*The Kruger millions, fact or fiction?

*Historical Middelburg through the eyes of a deltiologist.

*The heritage of the Van der Merwes of Aasvoëlkrans.

*The forgotten story of Leeufontein.

*The birthplace of Rice Pattern Blockhouses.

The Heritage Association of South Africa’s 24th annual symposium will be held  from 13 to 16 October at the Middelburg Country Club with mouth-watering topics.

Some of the speakers are Dr Pierre Edwards, Prof. Fransjohan Pretorius, Duncan Ballantyne, Terence Ball and Simon Green.

The symposium begins on Monday 13 September with a social evening at the bowls clubhouse.

The programme begins in earnest on Tuesday and a gala event is presented on Wednesday evening with various awards that will also be made.

The Witkerk and railway station will be visited, among other places.

For enquiries about the week’s activities, contact the Middelburg Heritage Association’s secretary Soekie Rossouw at 082 922 7498.

For a starter, the Middelburg Observer website will be digging up a piece of history every day for the next 12 days.

We start today with blockhouses and the Rice blockhouse which is believed to have its origins in Middelburg.