William Hofmeyr Craib was born in Somerset East in 1895, into a family where education was looked upon, not as a right but a privilege,...

Up to 1880, Somerset East only two small private schools catered for the education of girls, while boys were catered for by Gill College....

According to a family history written by Walter Battiss’ sister Doreen Eaton, John Battiss (1805 – 1879) was born in France, but came to...

Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East on 6 January 1906. The family name was well known, because Battiss’ paternal great-grandfather...