16/08/2026
🌸 This Women's Month, we remember a Karoo woman who dared to ask: What could women's lives become if they were free to choose their own path?
More than a century later, her questions still resonate.
13 August 1921 — a date worth remembering.
On 13 August 1921, the ashes of one of South Africa's most remarkable women were reburied at Buffelskop, south of Cradock, in the Karoo landscape she loved.
Olive Schreiner (1855–1920) was far more than a celebrated author. She was a writer, thinker, feminist and social commentator who challenged the expectations placed on women at a time when women had very little political or social power.
Yet perhaps what makes Olive Schreiner particularly special to us is her connection to Cradock and the Karoo.
The landscape, people and experiences of the Eastern Cape profoundly influenced her writing and thinking. Today, her final resting place at Buffelskop remains part of the rich literary and cultural heritage of the Cradock area.
Copied from: Die Tuishuis and Victoria Manor
