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Avril Reid

  • A hidden gem in the heart of Fourways
  • The Significance of Beacons and Boundaries
  • Was there really a Mushroom Farm in Sandton Central?
  • Norscot Manor - Built on a scale few could afford today!
  • The Early History of Tara Sandton

From our Archive

  • 2017 Most Endangered Cultural Heritage Sites in South Africa Announced 
  • Modern Day Mystery - What has happened to the owner of the Kensington Castle?
  • Springs - Art Deco's Love Child
  • 1932 Leeudoringstad explosion of 320 tons of dynamite
  • Tribute to Karel Bakker
  • If only statues could speak: the four Boer statues Kitchener ‘stole’
  • The Ancestors of the Tswana - Farmers Building Stone-Walled Villages
  • 'One of our few remaining links with a bygone Johannesburg'
  • Chinese New Year Lights Up Johannesburg's Derrick Avenue in Cultural Spectacle
  • The Blaauwkrantz Bridge Disaster
  • Corrugated Irony - A Short History of the Tin Roof
  • Original 1913 blueprint of the Yeoville Water Tower unveiled
  • Chappies, a Joburg creation
  • A stroll through the Heidelberg Kloof cemetery
  • The restoration of the Workers' Cottages in Newtown

From the Directory

  • Mira Fassler Kamstra - Retired
  • George Heritage Trust
  • Friends of the Knysna Libraries
  • Ruth Muller Archivist / Researcher
  • Emmarentia Residents Association (ERA)
  • National Heritage Council (NHC)
  • The South African Antique, Art & Design Association (SAADA)
  • Pinelands History
  • Eastern Cape Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (ECPHRA)
  • 1820 Settlers Community Group
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