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Johannesburg Public Library

  • Two books by the man who shaped the collections of the Johannesburg City Library

From our Archive

  • Oscar Wilhelm Alric Forssman - Wealthy man who suffered devastating losses
  • Taking care of the family silver...
  • South African “Cartomania” - a photographic phenomenon
  • Using the latest technology to digitise maps and posters at the Kwazulu-Natal Museum
  • Restoring one of Parktown's Greatest Mansions
  • Buried Beneath the Presidential Estate: The Rediscovery of the Refugee Camp at Meintjieskop
  • Herbert Baker honoured in Muizenberg
  • Go well Pat Rundgren - you were one of a kind
  • A horologist, but much more
  • The great Kruger National Park gold heist that no one is talking about
  • The Indian War Memorial: National Memory and Selective Forgetting
  • Great Mechanical Engineers of the South African Railways & Harbours (Part 2)
  • A short history of the whaling industry in South Africa
  • Joburg’s market square defined the town
  • Remember the 26th of September: The Battle of Sandfontein

From the Directory

  • Benoni - History Now & Then
  • Glassworks
  • Jeremy Hollmann: rock art
  • Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Francois Johannes Cleophas - Sport Historian
  • Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre
  • Southern African Historical Society (SAHS)
  • Friends of Alberts Farm
  • Heritage Mossel Bay
  • Rod Kruger - Gold Mining Talks and Tours
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Recent Posts

  • 25th Annual Symposium of the Heritage Association of South Africa (HASA)
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  • Modderfontein Heritage Walk - 24 November 2026
    Notice
  • Kalk Bay Historical Association at 30 Years
    Article
  • Voss Bells in Eden
    Article
  • How the Village of Rhodes Became a Heritage Area
    Article
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