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Memories of historical aircraft on the roof

Vic’s Viking Garage In 1957, Trek Airways introduced Skymaster aircraft, and three of its Viking aircraft became redundant: ZS-DKH (c/n 121), ZS-DKI (c/n 124), named Louis Trichardt, and ZS-DNU (c/n 118), named Piet Retief. A subsidiary company, registered as Protea Read more…


The Woolworths South Africa story

The first Woolworths store opened its doors to the public on 30 October 1931 in what was the dining room of the recently closed-down Royal Hotel in Plein Street, Cape Town. The store was co-founded by Max Sonnenberg and his Read more…