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City of Johannesburg

  • Beyers Naudé - From Pariah to National Hero
  • The story behind Johannesburg's oldest War Memorial
  • Only this cemetery remains as a stark reminder of an uprooted community
  • The story behind the South African Scottish Memorial
  • The Scottish Horse Memorial - The story behind one of Johannesburg's earliest war memorials
  • The Story Behind the Oudstryders Monument
  • The Most Important Polish-Founded Monument in South Africa
  • Why protect a town or city's heritage?
  • The Story Behind the Monument to Petrus Molefe

From our Archive

  • Old Park Station - A heritage site of exceptional significance comes alive again!
  • Gordons Bay Coastal Defence Battery 1943
  • Some memories of Rosebank in 1966
  • Irving Lissoos - coming of age in Jewish Johannesburg
  • Original blueprint for destroyed Parktown home found
  • A Short History of the Pepper Tree
  • Melanie Yap - Chinese voice
  • Peers the Artist - In search of Charles Ernest Peers (Part 2)
  • Government Avenue Cape Town - South Africa's oldest pedestrian thoroughfare
  • Extraordinary Guide to South and East Africa on the eve of World War I
  • Pogonology: South African men and their facial hair - As portrayed in photographs from the Victorian era
  • Marc Latilla is a Joburg enthusiast – Then and Now
  • James Bisset - Bringing Mass Transport to the Suburbs
  • A Brief History of Windybrow
  • Parktown's oldest house continues to decay

From the Directory

  • Amambatha Heritage Society (AHS)
  • Graeme Addison
  • Old Pretoria East Residents and Ratepayers Alliance (OPERRA)
  • Association of Professional Heritage Practitioners (APHP)
  • Johannesburg Heritage Foundation (JHF)
  • Past Experiences
  • Prof Walter Peters - Architect & Heritage Practitioner
  • Bela Bela Heritage
  • Pretoria Institute for Architecture (PIA)
  • Heidelberg Heritage Association
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