The Ossewabrandwag exhibition, which was on display in the Heritage Foundation at the Voortrekker Monument, is now on display in Orania’s Cultural History Museum. Jan van Zyl from the Orania town council expresses his gratitude to the Heritage Foundation and is very excited about the exhibition. “This exhibition also connects with our environment because there [Lees meer...]

The Movement for Christian-National Education (Beweging vir Christelike Volkseie Onderwys (BCVO)) has handed over an incredible treasure to the Heritage Foundation (ES) so that it can be viewed by the public. A 1933 translation of the Bible, signed by the translators of the Bible into Afrikaans, can now be seen at the Voortrekker Monument in [Lees meer...]

The mosaic depiction at the Louis Tregardt Memorial Garden in Mozambique now shines again as in the old days after a team from the Voortrekker Monument and the Heritage Foundation went to do renovation work there. The memorial garden with the mosaic statue depicting the Voortrekker leader Tregardt (also spelled Trichardt)’s trek, was officially [Lees meer...]

The Heritage Foundation is now the proud custodian of photo frames that are more than 120 years old. Marietjie (75) and Dawie (82) Mostert made two very special donations to the Heritage Foundation. Two beautiful photo frames that were carved with a paring knife in the prisoner of war camp in Ceylon (now Sri [Lees meer...]

Even today, the mere mention of the name Ossewabrandwag (OB) provokes differing opinions. There are quite a few misperceptions about the movement that usually stem from ignorance or prejudice. The OB was compared to the European fascist movements of the 1930s and 1940s and accused of Nazism. It has also been described as an [Lees meer...]