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Anton C van Vollenhoven

  • Buried Beneath the Presidential Estate: The Rediscovery of the Refugee Camp at Meintjieskop
  • The History of Jacaranda Trees in Pretoria
  • A Short History of East Fort Pretoria

From our Archive

  • Recalcitrant City: Cape Town, permission, procrastination and smokescreens
  • Busting Out - Transplanting the heart of Johannesburg in the 1960s
  • Finding Mr Patel’s outfitter shop in Rockey Street
  • Celebrating women in maritime archaeology
  • The Kodak Girl - South African Film Wallets (1910s to 1960s)
  • A short history of the Battle of Kalkheuwel
  • Heritage Horror Stories highlighted by new action group
  • Enigmatic Johannesburg-based Female Photographer, Jane Plotz
  • Obituary: Nicolas Bauman (1952-2025)
  • Fire Destroys Johannesburg Heritage Home
  • Victorian-era Brothel Tokens of South Africa
  • An Inquiry into South Africa’s Crumbling Past
  • Robert Sobukwe - The shaping of an Africanist at Healdtown Mission Institute
  • Keeping Gandhi out of the Heidelberg Gaol
  • Alexandra Park – the lost green heart of Potchefstroom

From the Directory

  • Brixton Community Forum (BCF)
  • Verulam Historical Society
  • Braamfontein Spruit Trust
  • Cape Town Heritage Trust (CTHT)
  • Greenside Residents Association (GRA)
  • ARCON Conservation Architects & Spatial Heritage Consultants
  • Association of Professional Heritage Practitioners (APHP)
  • Bibliophile
  • Vidamemoria Heritage Consultants
  • Kensington Heritage Trust
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