Oct-Nov 2025
- What is Blocktober?
- What is Saartjie Baartman Centre?
- Who was Saartjie Baartman?
- What is Steps for Saartjie (s4s)? Start here
- Information about our daily walks in October
- Please donate
- Fundraising barometer
- Join us on Strava
Blogs

- 20 November: Reflections of gratitude – The Richness of Rhythm – Review of Blocktober 2025
- 31 October: For the road ahead – It’s not over – Lala Steyn
- 30 October: Why every day? Walking with purpose – Rosalie Kingwill
- 29 October: From empire to empathy – Walking the path of healing – Marthe Muller
- 28 October: Not much longer – Hiking and the journey of life – First time hiker and survivor of GBV, from the Saartjie Baartman Centre
- 27 October: Who was Saartjie Baartman? The violence is in the viewing – Jo-Anne Duggan
- 26 October: Today belongs to the children – Lala Steyn
- 25 October: Have you been active this October? Not just steps: 12 000 kms of walks, runs, rides and swims, taking 1 600 hours – Dawie Bosch
- 24 October: Vredehoek Quarry: Walking without fear – Janet Purcell
- 23 October: Sometimes, you just can't ... It's Out of Your Control – Nancy Richards
- 22 October: Rage walking – Walking for wellness – Sedica Davids
- 21 October: 307 walking ascents video – Over 2 300 km walked with 307 walking ascents to Blockhouse – Lala Steyn
- 20 October: With Women Worldwide – How little do we know about our fellow passengers in life – Nancy Richards
- 19 October: Meaningful conversations – and the need to step-up on donations – Lala Steyn
- 18 October: Fun and fitness for Saartjie Baartman with CHIPs (incl breast cancer awareness) – Lala Steyn
- 17 October: Fresh start entrepreneurs – Lala Steyn
- 16 October: Fynbos path to the Blockhouse – Janet Purcell
- 15 October: Kindness begets kindness: Blocktober champion Dixon Windross – Rosalie Kingwill
- 14 October: It's personal – Lala Steyn
- 13 October: Together we walk, Together we fight: Join us for the breast cancer and GBV solidarity hike on 18th October – Ruben Coetzee, Sports Science Institute, CHIPS Coordinator
- 12 October: Your Body. Your Story. Your Power – Kim Simpson, Marie Stopes South Africa
- 11 October: One donation, one step, one share. Let’s make October count – Dawie Bosch
- 10 October: Small Actions, Big Connections – Janet Purcell
- 09 October: Think globally and act locally against GBV – Micheline Tusenius
- 08 October: A Kenyan cyclist’s journey with Blocktober – Sam Nagiri
- 07 October: We need to Act: Cape Talk interviews – Lala Steyn
- 06 October: Changing minds on the mountain: Trees, fynbos and the King’s Blockhouse – Dawie Bosch
- 05 October: Sunday solidarity walk with Saartjie Baartman – Lala Steyn
- 04 October: Why the Blockhouse? From our colonial past to solidarity with survivors of GBV – Lala Steyn
- 03 October: The miracle of another door opening – Jean du Plessis
- 02 October: Conscious living – Lala Steyn
- 01 October: Building solidarity – Global Action against Gender-Based Violence – Ros Thomas
- 30 September: Shout out to Jordan Smit, Bella Italia Vredehoek for sponsoring pizzas and coffee for Blocktober walkers – Lala Steyn
- 30 September: Preparing for my first steps – Walk the Talk in solidarity with survivors of gender based violence (GBV) – Lala Steyn
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