Norman Pietersen (also known as Billy Holiday) was born in 1966 in Paarl, Western Cape. In 1982, he was recruited by uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) veterans and became an MK guerrilla. At the time of his recruitment, Pietersen was 15-years-old and the youngest member of his MK unit  led by former MK commander Patrick Ricketts, which consisted of 35 members in total, the biggest in the Western Cape.

Samuel Kerr,an Irishman, wastheowner of the Vergelegen Wine Estate, Somerset West from 1901-1917. He acquired the estate on 29 March 1901 at a price of £11,404. He was also the owner of sixsurrounding properties since 1899 before acquiring Vergelegen. His wife and eight children lived with him in the Old Homestead at the estate. The Kerr family used to host several parties and picnics at the estate and enjoyed the outdoors. They also spent time renovating the homestead.

These renovations were attempts at modernizing the estate. When mining magnate Sir Lioneland his wife art enthusiast LadyFlorence Phillips took over the estate in 1917, they set out to restore the house after afamily friend, Dorothea Fairbridge, alluded to the idea that the Kerr renovations were not appropriate. The Kerr’s time at the estate is often characterized as a period of sad decline and vandalism due to the changes they made to the estate. On 25 of April 1905, Samuel Kerr died and was buried at the estate. He is the only owner of the estate to have been buried there. A while after his death, the Kerr family left the estate. His grave is found close to the burial site of a slave named Flora, whose remains were discovered and unearthed in October 1990 after excavations at the estate took place. Her remains were tested and it indicated that she was a slave woman in her fifties from a tropical region. Her reburial took place on 6 April 1991 at Vergelegen Wine Estate. 

The Old Slave Tree Memorial is located in Spin Street, Cape Town. It was an old fir tree that was cut down in 1916. The site is now an octagonal memorial erected on a traffic island in remembrance of the very large number of slaves that were said to be sold under the tree. The words “On this spot stood the old slave tree” is inscribed on the plaque.

The South African Missionary Meeting House/ Sendinggestig Museum (short for the Slave Church Museum) was built between 1802 and 1804. It was founded by the African Missionary Society in 1799. The church is located in Long Street, Cape Town and is South Africa’s oldest indigenous mission church that still exists in its original structure. It is also the first official slave church in South Africa.

The rocky mountains, bright wildflowers and still natural pools makes the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve perfect for challenging hikes, pulse-racing kloofing and the new Cape Canopy Tour Zipline Adventure. The reserve is open after recent fires but staff remain on high alert for flare ups, especially on hot and windy days. We urge all visitors to exercise due caution and to check weather conditions before setting out on hikes. "The Sphinx hiking route to Landdroskop and Shamrock huts is closed. Anyone booking these huts must use the Jeeptrack Route."