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Apartheid History

  • Johannesburg Mayor's Office to move to the old Albert Street Pass Office
  • Port Elizabeth - An Abridged History of an Apartheid City
  • "I knew in that instant that my life on the run was over" - The capture of Nelson Mandela 5 August 1962
  • Beyers Naudé - From Pariah to National Hero
  • The Sunnyside Spook House
  • Student in Trouble - Protesting against Apartheid in the 1950s
  • Historic photographs of Apartheid Johannesburg in the 1980s
  • The Unfinished Story of the Hardekraaltjie Cemetery
  • Surgeon in Trouble - Protesting for Biko and Woods
  • Registrar in Trouble - Saving the life of an anti-apartheid activist
  • Memories of Rivonia in the 1960s
  • Silver Cross for Gallantry posthumously awarded to two police Constables
  • Origins of the book 'District Six - Memories, Thoughts and Images'
  • Indian Trading, Art Deco Buildings and Urban Modernity: Jubilee House in Krugersdorp
  • Maria Ratschitz Mission in the Wasbank Valley
  • Life in exile for the teenagers who survived June 16th
  • The Katlehong Bantu are grumbling - let them have more playgrounds
  • Finding the grave of Nat Nakasa in New York
  • Remembering Chris van Wyk, Riverlea’s storyteller
  • When the Lions Roared in 1974

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From our Archive

  • Rhodes Court Room, Lock-up and Post Office
  • A Short Masterclass on Boundary Walls
  • Adam De Smidt - Gentlemanly Engineer in a tough environment
  • Electrification of Railways - Battle of the Systems
  • More than a century ago: “Toen en Nu” (Then and Now) - A poem by Ompie
  • The Management and Conservation of Heritage Objects housed in State Departments or Supported bodies
  • Johannesburg Heritage Foundation Report - December 2012
  • Early Potchefstroom-based photographers (1850s to 1920s)
  • Surveying the buildings of Paarl (in 1980)
  • Kedar Lodge - Heritage, History and Paul Kruger
  • Finding the Original Witwatersrand Agricultural Show Grounds
  • The Mill Hill Story
  • Preserving the only submarine museum in Africa
  • Carruthers and Frescura receive highest honour in the heritage community
  • Somerset House - A Preservationist's Dilemma

From the Directory

  • Irene Village Hall
  • Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa (VASSA)
  • Klerksdorp Museum
  • Martin Hatchuel - Writer, Horticulturist and Tourism Consultant
  • Andy Selfe - Millwright
  • Elegant Places
  • Norwood Orchards Residents Association (NORA)
  • DK Conservators
  • Western Cape Numismatic Society
  • Historical Time Lines
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