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Peter Ball

Where have all the mine dumps gone?
When did globalisation really get started?
Rapid Rail Revamp in South Africa
The Power of Rust
South Africa needs a Fred Dibnah
The Pyrites Panic - When one in three citizens left Johannesburg
Our Huguenot Heritage
Blood Sweat and Beers - The Story of the Railway Navvy
Bridge of Wars - The Story of the Bailey Bridge
Why are there two codes of rugby?
The Eiffel Tower - Denounced, Accepted, Revered
Chunnel Vision - A long held dream
The Tay Bridge Disaster
A short history of the metrication movement in South Africa
Why do South Africans drive on the left?
A Short Masterclass on Boundary Walls
The Story of the Douglas DC-3
Limit State Design of Buildings and the Preservation Engineer
Crack Trains of South Africa - Then and Now
The Scheffel Bogie and the Rail Gauge

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From our Archive

  • Port Elizabeth - An Abridged History of an Apartheid City
  • One of South Africa's most fascinating farming histories
  • Hidden Treasures of the Riemland
  • Early 20th Century Asylum photography in South Africa
  • Gandhi's house for sale (sold in 2009)
  • Take a drive and see the sites associated with the 1922 Rand Revolt
  • The Red Ox of Riebeek Kasteel
  • Visiting the oldest extant cemetery in South Africa
  • Markhams' battle for survival
  • Botched South African amateur snapshots (1920s - 1940s)
  • Sandton has History!
  • Potchefstroom railway station destroyed by fire
  • DocuFest Africa - Showcasing rare and unusual images of life in South Africa during Apartheid
  • Henri Ferdinand Gros - Pretoria’s first permanently based photographer, 1875 to 1890
  • The Preservation of the Provincial Building

From the Directory

  • James Mpanza Legacy Foundation
  • Norwood Orchards Residents Association (NORA)
  • Cape Town Heritage Trust (CTHT)
  • Roger Stewart Antiquarian
  • Sandstone Heritage Trust
  • Gauteng Institute for Architecture (GIfA) Heritage Committee
  • KZN Family History Society
  • Joint Plans Committee (JPC)
  • South African Visual Arts Historians (SAVAH)
  • Drakenstein Heritage Foundation (DHF)
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