• maintaining the Huguenot Monument and Museum in Franschhoek (meaning "French Corner"), some 70 km from Cape Town, South Africa;
• keeping the realisation of the meaning of the Huguenot settlement in South Africa alive;
• undertaking research of our Huguenot heritage, especially with regard to its history, and by supporting genealogical research;
• encouraging the safekeeping, promotion and financing of Huguenot relics and artefacts in the Huguenot Memorial Museum in Franschhoek;
• organising Huguenot commemoration gatherings; and
• seeking contact with other Huguenot societies across the world.

The Bulletin of the Huguenot Society of South Africa is published annually and contains articles which focus on the history, heritage and genealogy of the Huguenots, and specifically the Huguenots who settled in South Africa. Articles on the family history and genealogy of Huguenot surnames appear in the bulletin. A CD containing all issues of the Bulletin since the first issue of 1963, until 2004, has been made available.
Since 1994 the Bulletin focused in consecutive years on some or other Huguenot family. The following surnames have since been featured: Marais (1994), Cilliers (1995), Viljoen (1996), Joubert (1997), Malherbe (1998), Cronjé (1999), Retief (2001), Fourie (2003), Buys (2004), Rossouw/Rousseau (2005), Mouton (2006), Fouché (2007), Nel (2008), Vivier (2009), Du Plessis (2010) and Bruwer (2011). The 2002 issue contains papers which were delivered at the 3rd Intenational Huguenot Conference which was held in Stellenbosch and Franschhoek during 2002. Other Huguenot surnames which are often featured include Jordaan, Malan, De Villiers and Naudé.

The CD costs R120.00 ($23.00) + postage (within South Africa, R25.00 - Rest of the World $7.00).For details of payment click here.

The De Villiers Family genealogy in South Africa Vol 1 + 2 was originally published in 1997, and is based on research started by the pioneer South African genealogist Christoffel C. de Villiers, and continued by the legendary prof Con de Villiers. The latter left his research to the Huguenot Memorial Museum in Franschhoek,  where the monumental work was completed by Juna Malherbe and Alet Malan. The original print was soon sold out, but has now been made available on compact disc format and contains details of more than 20 000 De Villiers names and more than 10 000 spouses. The CD is in the Folioviews format which includes a powerful search engine to facilitate searches to particular individuals or other names.

The CD is available at a cost of R250.00 ($42.00) + postage and packing (within the borders of South Africa R20.00 - all other destinations $7.00). For details of payment click here. 

As part of the celebrations in 1988 of the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the Huguenots in South Africa, the composer Hubert du Plessis was commissioned by the Huguenot Society of SA to compose the Huguenot Cantata opus 51. The librettist was was Ode Krige.
The cantata was performed three times in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town by the Capab orchestra and Opera Choir, the SABC chamber choir, with  Virginia Oosthuizen (soprano), Renée Rakin (alt), Sjoerd Beute (tenor) and Peter Kramer (bass) as soloists. The conductor was Richard Cock.
A recording of the performances was recently found and converted to compact disc format by the Huguenot Society of South Africa. About his composition the composer Hubert du Plessis explains as follows:

"I set myself the following demands: no recitative passages; the use of an orchestra with a predominant baroque sound (clarinets and horns are consequently absent, and also kettledrums - bells, however, were essential); as many contrasts as possible; special attention to the solo alto.
"In addition, I wanted to strive after simplicity, the music stylistically representative of more or less ten centuries. The incorporation of existent compositions, in full or in part, was to me very significant on account of their symbolical impact."

Further details about the publication can be seen by clicking here.

The present volume was written in connection with the jubilee in Paarl (in May 2011) celebrating the arrival of Pierre Labuschaigne, the forefather of all the Labuschagnes, on 14th May 1711, at the Cape of Good Hope. It deals with the prehistory of the family but is in fact a case study of the tragic destinies of Huguenot families. The author, prof Casper Labuschagne, offers a penetrating historical review of the violent suppression of dissidents by the Roman Catholic Church in close collaboration with the French State, culminating in the suppression of the Huguenots. The review also focusses on the atrocious methods they employed to force the dissidents to renounce their faith, or to die as martyrs, or flee their country.
Moreover, the author relates the exciting story of his intensive search over many years to discover the historical places where his forefathers dwelled and the amazing discovery of archival documents in France, Germany and the Netherlands. This enabled him to give a detailed account of the history of his forefathers from the beginning of the 17th up to the start of the 18th century.
The English language version of the book is only available in e-book format on CD. It can be ordered at R90 (plus R20 for postage and packing within SA, and R30 for postage and packing overseas). Orders can be placed at the Huguenot Society of SA where details about paying via bank transfer are available.
The Afrikaans language version of the book is available in hard copy book format, details of which can be seen by clicking here.