The birth of the law firm Coxwell, Steyn, Vise & Naudé a century ago may have been the result of a family disagreement over politics, which caused a young lawyer, Edward Rooth, to move to a small, developing town in the north of the country.

The steel fort next to the Makhado Library is a well-known landmark. Since 1971, it has also been one of our country’s national monuments. This year, the fort celebrates its 130th birthday, but many questions are still to be answered, especially as to what had happened to its two “siblings”.

The story of Dina Fourie has been told on a couple occasions throughout the years. One of the Soutpansberg’s better-known authors, Dorothea Möller-Malan, wrote a book about her, but more recently a Hoedspruit historian, Herman Labuschagne, captured her amazing story in an article. We had to shorten it slightly, but here it is:

Tieners deesdae kla gereeld dat daar niks in Louis Trichardt is om te doen nie en sal baie moeite doen om in Polokwane te gaan fliek. Min inwoners weet egter dat Louis Trichardt eens op ‘n tyd ook met sy eie bioskoop gespog het.

The Soutpansberg used to have vast stretches of grassland, with the springbok grazing alongside antelope such as the extinct Lichtenstein’s hartebeest. In less than 100 years, the landscape has changed from open stretches of land to trees and bush. The reason for the change can be found in man’s intervention.

The Bermudan government sent a plaque to the Zoutpansberg Skirmishes Museum to remember the boer prisoners of war who were interned on the Bermuda Islands for a year from June 1901.

"Which is the oldest building in everyday use in Louis Trichardt?" Local historians are speculating about the answer to this question and invite the community to give their input.

‘n Nuwe vonds en inligting het liefhebbers van die geskiedenis van die Anglo-Boereoorlog gaande.