Nuus

100 years old and rising On 29 August 2018 the VRS turned 100 years old and marked the attainment of this memorable milestone with a series of celebratory functions in Cape Town, Pretoria and Johannesburg. In the very same building (originally the South African Library and now the Cape Town campus of the National Library of South Africa) in which our Society was founded in 1918 an exhibition was opened on our birthday by Najwa Hendrickse, Principal Librarian and [...]

VRV 100 Ons is aan die begin van die honderdste jaar van ons bestaan, met ‘n nuwe naam in die vooruitsig en verskeie eeufees-aktiwiteite wat reeds aan die gang is en ander wat binnekort sal begin. Die hoogtepunt is die groot eeufeesviering in Kaapstad op 29 Augustus 2018; daar bestaan ook die moontlikheid van ʼn soortgelyke funksie later in die jaar in Gauteng. Lees verder vir meer inligting! NAAMSVERANDERING Van die lede teenwoordig op ons jaarvergadering in Ravenswood House, Kaapstad, [...]

We enter the 100th year of our existence with a new name in the offing and several centenary activities already launched or soon to be launched, culminating in a grand centenary function in Cape Town on 29 August 2018. There is also the possibility of a similar function in Gauteng later in the year. Read on for more information!   RE-BRANDING 94% of members present at our AGM in Ravenswood House, Cape Town on 27 November 2017 voted in favour [...]

We enter the 100th year of our existence with a new name in the offing and several centenary activities already launched or soon to be launched, culminating in a grand centenary function in Cape Town on 29 August 2018. There is also the possibility of a similar function in Gauteng later in the year. Read on for more information! RE-BRANDING 94% of members present at our AGM in Ravenswood House, Cape Town on 27 November 2017 voted in favour of [...]

  Nuusbrief 52, Oktober 2017   ALGEMENE JAARVERGADERING  Ons 2017-jaarvergadering word gehou op 23 November 2017 om 17h30 in die woning wat vir ons die afgelope jare soos ʼn tuiste begin voel het: Ravenswood House, Hatfieldstraat 110, Tuine. As u nie ons onlangse jaarvergaderings daar bygewoon het nie, moenie die geleentheid misloop om ‘n vroeg 19-eeuse dorpshuis, outentiek gerestoureer, te besoek nie. Die kaart hieronder dui aan waar dit geleë is. Ons opregte dank gaan aan Patrick Esnouf, wat ons [...]

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