Karoo. – When walking the streets of Cradock, you’re sure to notice the huge Dutch Reformed Church and it’s impressive neo-classical design, which towers about the town. Completed in 1868, this is the second church to stand on this site, with its design its based on the St Martins-in-the Fields church in Trafalgar Square in London. A little of trivia, the first President of South Africa, Paul Kruger, was christened in this church in 1826 and his name appears in the register.

At the Schreiner Karoo Writers Festival.

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