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Mining History

  • Sending Radio Signals through Rock
  • An early South African Philaphotographologist - Frederick William Willis
  • Knysna Gold - How it all started
  • Coal mining and the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
  • The Death of James Christie Grant
  • More gold comes from the southern half of Western Australia than from South Africa
  • The Richest Goldfield in the World turns 135
  • New Lease of Life for Giant Mining Stamp from 1886
  • William English - From Trapper Boy to Toff
  • The Epic March of 7 000 Zulu Workers
  • Cape Peninsular - Manganese Hikes and Mines
  • Diamond Smugglers' Aircraft on a Deserted Beach - Unravelling the story around discarded crime scene photographs
  • Alluvial Diamond Digging at Holpan
  • Frans Beleni – underground man
  • The first re-discovery of gold in the Transvaal
  • Kenneth Birch and his appreciation of the Witwatersrand Mining landscape
  • A short sharp history of the Marikana Railway Station, est. 1910
  • Racing in the shadows of mine dumps: Black African cycle sport on South Africa's gold mines in the apartheid era
  • The Gold Rushes of the Victorian Era
  • The search for gold in the Free State

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From our Archive

  • A mysterious grave next to a railway line
  • That secret Johannesburg canal and stream
  • Massive Johannesburg CBD project finally moving ahead?
  • Forgotten Railway Sidings of the South Peninsula
  • Is it heritage? Graffiti wall art and Pinki’s Inn, Jeppestown
  • One of Sandton's oldest structures set to serve the local community
  • Two architects left deep footprints in the development of Windhoek
  • A short history of the tram lines serving Pretoria and the Union Buildings via Church Square
  • Response to “Heritage house owners should be compensated by a property tax cut”
  • Blue Plaque Honours Helen Suzman
  • Wanton destruction of a blue plaque is to be deplored - City of Joburg to the rescue
  • Indian Trading, Art Deco Buildings and Urban Modernity: Jubilee House in Krugersdorp
  • The fate of one Dutch noble line in the Cape Colony 
  • John Frederick Bourne - Railwayman who left an Unexpected Legacy
  • No more happy days at the Royal Natal National Park Hotel 

From the Directory

  • Van Plettenberg Historical Society
  • Booklovers Paradise
  • Adroit Architects & Interiors
  • Friends of the Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site
  • Benoni Heritage Society
  • Pressed Ceilings & Decor by Legacy
  • Magaliesberg Association for Cultural Heritage (MACH)
  • Friends of the Rail (FOTR)
  • McGregor Heritage Society
  • Hearth Heritage
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