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Astor Mansions

  • Johannesburg in a lithograph circa 1937 - In search of Charles Ernest Peers (Part 1)
  • The Record Breakers - Johannesburg's Tallest Buildings over time

From our Archive

  • Old photographs of the massive Braamfontein Coal Stage
  • A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay
  • Maria Ratschitz Mission in the Wasbank Valley
  • Somerset West Loses an Iconic Heritage Building - The demolition of Blue Waters and the questions it leaves behind
  • If only statues could speak: the four Boer statues Kitchener ‘stole’
  • A short sharp history of the Marikana Railway Station, est. 1910
  • Old Malmesbury Mission Church Complex - A question of sustainability
  • The Audience in the Room: Who is Cape Town's Cultural Heritage For?
  • Three Historic Johannesburg Passes
  • Saving the Rissik Street Post Office from destruction by fire!
  • Ex Libris - Rediscovering Bookplates
  • In conversation with Jan van Wijk - The refurbishment of the Rembrandt Gallery, Wits University
  • SA removes sites from the UNESCO world heritage tentative list
  • Water, water... everywhere - Johannesburg's streams and rivers
  • The traditional ‘two minutes silence in remembrance’ was first observed in Cape Town

From the Directory

  • Norwood Orchards Residents Association (NORA)
  • Urban and Rural Exploration
  • Joline Young Heritage Consultancy
  • Memorist
  • Heritage Western Cape (HWC)
  • Kommetjie Heritage Society
  • Heritage Monitoring Project (HMP)
  • Irene Village Hall
  • Gauteng Provincial Government - Department of Infrastructure Development - Directorate of Public Healthcare
  • Cannon Association of South Africa (CAOSA)
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