FitzPatrick's years on the wagon roads of the Lowveld
Before Jock of the Bushveld made him famous, Percy FitzPatrick spent years as a transport rider on the rugged wagon roads linking Barberton to the coast.
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How the rush for riches changed the De Kaap valley forever
In 1884, everything changed. Before there was a gold rush, there was a valley. Before there was Barberton, there were communities.
Staying healthy as the seasons shift
Residents in Barberton and the surrounding De Kaap Valley have experienced an unusual mix of lingering rain, warm days and sudden drops in temperature. It is a pattern that has left many reaching for jerseys one moment and tissues the next.
Die laaste "innings" en my liggaam speel skielik vir die ander span
Eendag het ek nog gedink ek is jonk genoeg om berge te versit, en die volgende oggend het ek besef my liggaam het blykbaar sy eie vakbond gestig.
Cinelle bou haar droom tussen wêreldklas perde in die VSA
📽️ The mountain that nearly claimed his life welcomed him home again
Eight years after a devastating paragliding accident in Barberton left him fighting for his life, Kelvin van Baalen returned to the very mountain where everything changed. His remarkable journey is not simply one of recovery, but of discipline, humility and finding the courage to fly again.
Bornman family helped shape the De Kaap Valley
Among those early settlers were the Bornmans of Bornmans Drift, a family whose history became closely intertwined with the development of the Barberton district.