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Engineers

  • William Brounger - Forward into the Interior
  • William Brounger and the Cape Railways
  • Hermann Schutte - Designer of South Africa's First Lighthouse
  • Louis Michel Thibault - Ex-Mercenary whose Heritage Enriched the Cape
  • James Cameron - Second City Engineer of Cape Town
  • John Hamilton Wicksteed - The competent young engineer who came to a sad end
  • James Bisset - Bringing Mass Transport to the Suburbs
  • George Pauling - Leading railway contractor in the development of Southern Africa
  • Thomas Stewart - First South African Consulting Engineer
  • John Gamble - Maths Prodigy who Preferred Engineering
  • Sir John Coode - International Harbour Master
  • Adam De Smidt - Gentlemanly Engineer in a tough environment
  • John Frederick Bourne - Railwayman who left an Unexpected Legacy
  • Patrick Fletcher - Versatile Pioneer
  • Mathew Woodifield - The Busy Engineer who Disappeared
  • John Scott Tucker - Ineffective Official who Abolished his own Post
  • Great Mechanical Engineers of the South African Railways & Harbours (Part 2)
  • Charles Davidson Bell - Renaissance Man at the Cape
  • Great Mechanical Engineers of the South African Railways & Harbours (Part 1)
  • George Pilkington - The Elderly Gentleman Who Kept up The Good Work

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From our Archive

  • Johannesburg in postcards 1904-08
  • Wupperthal - From Fire to Restoration
  • Visiting one of the most important Muslim tombs in the Western Cape
  • The Pretoria Station Swastika Debate
  • Michael Sutton - A hero became a friend
  • Water, water... everywhere - Johannesburg's streams and rivers
  • Joburg gets a new online heritage system!
  • AmaWasha - Jozi's first black businessmen
  • Discovery of a cannonball that was fired during the Battle of Muizenberg (1795)
  • Sandton's Forgotten Race Track
  • German connections and the overall significance of the Yeoville Water Tower
  • South Africa needs a Fred Dibnah
  • Charles Jasper Selwyn - Military Engineer who left his mark on the Eastern Cape
  • The Weeping Cross from Delville Wood
  • Restoring Queen Victoria - A glimpse into the life of a Conservation Technician

From the Directory

  • Memorist
  • Dullstroom Heritage Society
  • George Heritage Trust
  • Kalk Bay St James Ratepayers and Residents Association
  • Mahikeng Society
  • Agora Consulting
  • Cornelius Lehr Antiquarian Horologist
  • Linares Architects and Associates
  • South African Society of Archivists
  • Norwood Orchards Residents Association (NORA)
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