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A hunt for Swiss missionaries' graves reveals more than just pictures

History: 16 December 2023

A short email received two weeks ago prompted the search for graves. Perhaps the relatively slow weekend, with little happening, contributed to the decision to explore the final resting place of two missionaries, René Cuénod and his wife, Marguerite.

 

Doppers se voetspore lê reeds sedert middel 1800’s in Soutpansberg

History: 04 November 2023 By Andries van Zyl

Die Gereformeerde Kerk Louis Trichardt was inderdaad die korrekte antwoord op die fotoleidraad in die Zoutpansberger se 16de skattejag-kompetisie. Die gemeente en kerkgebou is een van die streek se oudste en spog met ‘n geskiedenis van bykans 100 jaar.

Louis Trichardt Town's Masjid an historic place of prayer

History: 21 October 2023 By Andries van Zyl

For the Zoutpansberger’s 15th photo treasure hunt, we decided to cast the net a little wider over the region’s rich cultural heritage. The correct answer to the photo clue given was that of Louis Trichardt’s oldest Muslim mosque, the Louis Trichardt Town Masjid in Kruger Street. The mosque has its origins with the first Muslim families who moved into the Zoutpansberg in the late 1800s, around the same time as the establishment of the town of Louis Trichardt in 1899.

Ou kraaminrigting baan dekades later weg vir nuwe privaathospitaal

History: 22 September 2023 By Andries van Zyl

Dat Louis Trichardt se inwoners baie oplettend is, is duidelik, want almal wat ingeskryf het, het die leidraad vir die koerant se dertiende “skattejag” kompetisie reg geïdentifiseer. Die leidraad in die foto was een van die gewels by die Zoutpansberg Privaathospitaal. Baie geluk aan Chené Buys, wie se naam as wenner getrek is. Sy wen ons R300 prysgeld.

Historiese gebou vir bykans 100 jaar deel van plaaslike bankwese

History: 12 August 2023 By Andries van Zyl

Sekerlik een van die kenmerkendste geboue in Louis Trichardt is die ou Barclays Bank wat later jare die plaaslike FNB-tak sou huisves op die hoek van Songozwi- en Kroghstraat. Dié gebou is ‘n integrale deel van die bankwese op Louis Trichardt se geskiedenis wat meer as 100 jaar terug dateer en ook die korrekte antwoord was op die Zoutpansberger se tiende “skattejag” kompetisie.

Vir meer as vyf dekades bied Ons Tuiste ‘n veilige hawe

History: 13 July 2023 By Andries van Zyl

Ons Tuiste Ouetehuis op Louis Trichardt is voorwaar vir die Soutpansberg ‘n aanwins en bied al vir meer as vyf dekades ‘n vriendelike en veilige tuiste vir die streek se oues van dae. Ons Tuiste is ook die antwoord waarna die Zoutpansberger gesoek het in ons agtste fotoraai-kompetisie wat Maandag gesluit het.

Freemasons' hall the answer to our latest photo 'treasure hunt'

History: 03 June 2023 By Andries van Zyl

If you guessed that the answer to the clue in the Zoutpansberger’s photo “treasure hunt” competition that closed on Monday is the Freemasons’ Lodge in Munnik Street, Louis Trichardt, you would have been right. But there can only be one winner and for the second consecutive time the name of Cherise Hamman was drawn as the winner!

 
 

The Streets of Our Names

 

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