Despite the heat, hundreds of Heartlanders danced and sang under the summer sun on Tuesday 21 January - school children , a brass band, various sports clubs, NGOs and farm workers were joined by prize goats and sheep, vintage cars, a tractor, an ox wagon and a border collie.
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People lined the streets to watch as the parade which started at the showgrounds, up Church Street, into JA Calata, Voortrekker, Adderley, Victoria and then back down across the Gilfillan Bridge.
Before the parade left the showgrounds, Mayors Mxolisi Koyo and Nyameka Goniwe gave stirring speeches that were well-received by the crowd. They spoke of communities building bridges in this momentous year.
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The next event to celebrate Cradock’s Bi-Centenary will be a match between the EP Kings and the Free State Cheetahs on 29 March.
Images supplied by Lisa Ker of Die Tuishuise & Victoria Manor
(Taken from the original article here)
Stay in Cradock
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Die Tuishuise & Victoria Manor in Cradock in the Eastern Cape is an elegant collection of beautifully restored Victorian era craftsmen’s houses in the frontier town at the eastern edge of the Great Karoo of South Africa. More than two dozen Tuishuise line Market Street up to the Victoria Manor, a grand old colonial hotel that welcomes you with hearty country fare and décor from the days of Cecil John Rhodes, Olive Schreiner and the droves of adventurers who passed here en route to the hinterland.