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Chris Taylor

  • Ladies Mile, the result of a bitter fight
  • Languedoc, the workers’ village built by Cecil Rhodes
  • Uproar in the Cape - The Arrival of the Convict Ship Neptune in 1849
  • Herbert Baker honoured in Muizenberg
  • Blue Plaque celebrates Jewish contribution to Muizenberg
  • Discovery of a cannonball that was fired during the Battle of Muizenberg (1795)

From our Archive

  • Journal of a visit to the Gold Fields in 1889
  • Planners, Protectors and Predators: Public Trust and the tension between Heritage and Planning laws
  • The charter of ‘singing tomorrows’
  • Why we should not waste effort maintaining this important heritage site
  • Brief History of St Ursula’s School
  • Diamond Smugglers' Aircraft on a Deserted Beach - Unravelling the story around discarded crime scene photographs
  • The Queens Road Commune - Living in a grand Parktown mansion in the 1970s
  • Principles and Parallels in South African Water and Heritage Protections - Custodianship, the Constitution, and the Limits of Ownership
  • Vogelstruisbult Tragedy - An abandoned Springs Gold Mine
  • Origins of Emmarentia Dam
  • One of South Africa's most fascinating farming histories
  • Heritage Treasures of the South
  • The Vergelegen Story Part Three - The Amfarms Restoration and Illustrious Guests
  • The history of one of the oldest bridges in Southern Africa
  • The Red Ox of Riebeek Kasteel

From the Directory

  • Sticky Situations
  • Norwood Orchards Residents Association (NORA)
  • PGS Heritage
  • The Empathy Lab
  • Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA)
  • Jenna Mervis - Author and Museum Storyteller
  • Glassworks
  • Knysna Ratepayers Association (KRA)
  • Amambatha Heritage Society (AHS)
  • Limpopo Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (LIHRA)
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