Northern Cape Heritage Pioneers

24/09/2025

Heritage Day 2025

Mr Jacqued Horne, facilitated Heritage Education Workshops earlier today in Roodepan, Kimberley, as part of the Heritage Day celebrations.

24/09/2025

18/07/2025

📣 Call for Council Member Applications – 2025–2027 Term

Are you passionate about heritage, community upliftment, and leadership?

The Northern Cape Heritage Pioneers is calling on enthusiastic, committed individuals to apply for honorarium Council positions (2025–2027).

Positions include:

📡 IT Officers (x2)

🗂 Membership Secretary

📝 Administrator

📢 Communications & Marketing Officers (x2)

💰 Finance Manager

📊 Project Advisor

This is a valuable opportunity to make a difference, gain governance experience, and help drive transformation in the heritage sector.

📝 Deadline to apply: Friday, 8 August 2025

Let’s shape the future of heritage together 🌍

25/06/2025

Afrikaans is groot in die Noord-Kaap
Afrikaans 100

12/06/2025

CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY OF AFRIKAANS IN THE NORTHERN CAPE

On 6 June 2025, the Northern Cape Heritage Pioneers, in collaboration with the Centre for Creative Writing and African Languages at Sol Plaatje University and the ATKV-tak Taal Trek, brought the Afrikaans Amptelik 100 centenary festivities to the Northern Cape.
The event brought together a vibrant and diverse audience, including SPU staff and students, as well as teachers and learners from eight schools across Kimberley, Platfontein, and Barkley West. Community members from the Kimberley area, such as Roodepan, Homevale, and Beaconsfield also showed strong support, adding to the inclusive spirit of the day. Among the distinguished guests were four members of the Afrikaans Official 100 Review Committee, including the esteemed Afrikaans writer and speaker, Heinrich Wyngaard.
The programme was filled with thought-provoking conversations about Afrikaans of the Northern Cape, including Griqua and Namaqua Afrikaans. Poetry served as a powerful and expressive element throughout the day, most notably from the award-winning poet Lynthia Julius and Julande Strauss - a community member who surprised the audience with remarkable evocative and deeply moving unpublished Afrikaans poetry. The event was closed by the Acting Vice-Chancellor of SPU, Prof Debra Meyer, who reaffirmed her commitment to growing indigenous languages, such as Afrikaans at the university.