THE DORSLAND TREK – Part 2: Farewell at Bethal
Since Pieter Jacobus (1868) had made his decision to join the Steyn family on the Dorsland Trek, fewer words had…
Emigration
THE DORSLAND TREK – Part 1: Whispers of the North
In the second half of the nineteenth century, many Boer families in the South African Republic (Transvaal) stood at a…
The Dorsland Trek – New Discoveries
For our family, there was no living memory left to guide us. There were no grandparents or great-aunts who could…
The Departure of the Kuiper Family
On 7 November 2025, exactly 70 years after the SS Zuiderkruis arrived in Cape Town, after departing from Amsterdam on…
October 1955: Voyage Of The SS Zuiderkruis
It was on the morning of 21 October 1955 that she watched her parents close the door to their home…