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Port Elizabeth

  • Mastertons Coffee & Tea Specialists: A Century of Family Roasting Heritage (1924-2024)
  • Port Elizabeth - An Abridged History of an Apartheid City
  • John Hamilton Wicksteed - The competent young engineer who came to a sad end
  • Blue plaques celebrate historic sporting moments in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
  • The Blue Plaques of Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) - Part 1
  • Kate’s Legacy - Seeking the family of an abandoned box of beautiful old photographs
  • Merther, Minerals & Migrations - Three generations of the Lavin family
  • A South African Maritime Catastrophe photographed
  • Valuable octant found on beach
  • South Africans shocked at destruction of PE Heritage
  • Major loss for the Donkin Heritage Trail
  • The Forgotten Biscuit King
  • South African Pavement Photographs (1930s to 1960s) - A Nostalgic reflection
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Part 3)
  • 19th Century lettering on buildings
  • A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
  • Remembering an Act of 'Utter Barbarism' in Port Elizabeth
  • The Port Elizabeth Railway Station
  • Amazing Photographs of Historic Nedbank Branches
  • Port Elizabeth City Hall was almost demolished

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From our Archive

  • Wilge River - Supplying water to the Premier Mine
  • Where have all the mine dumps gone?
  • When Johannesburg became a City!
  • NZASM Structures of the Rand Tram
  • Old Images of South Africa's Town Halls
  • Old clock returns home (in 1978) after 80 years
  • Peers the Artist - In search of Charles Ernest Peers (Part 2)
  • How a Jewellery Theft Shaped South African Contract Law
  • Origins of Emmarentia Dam
  • Thomas Charles John Bain - One of South Africa's greatest engineers
  • Springs - Art Deco's Love Child
  • Patrick Fletcher - Versatile Pioneer
  • Abandoned in the Basement: The Battle to Save Johannesburg’s Architectural Memory
  • The Nedbank Historical Collective - Exploring the oldest collective financial institution in South Africa - Part 1
  • Tracing Cape Rebels from Colesberg to Uniondale

From the Directory

  • Louwkul Design Lab
  • St Ursula's Museum, Art Gallery & Research Centre
  • Eastern Cape Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (ECPHRA)
  • Five Hundred Year Archive Project
  • Eugene Barnard - Indwe Researcher
  • Muckleneuk Lukasrand Property Owners and Residents Association (MLPORA)
  • The South African Archaeological Society (ArchSoc)
  • Boikanyo oo Menwe Foundation
  • Friends of the Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site
  • Vernon Systems
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