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Braamfontein Cemetery

  • Mystery of Braamfontein's arched grave solved!
  • The reinterment of the remains of the first (and last) Consul General of the Ottoman Empire posted to South Africa
  • Solving the Mystery Behind "Grannie's Grave" in Braamfontein Cemetery
  • The Story Behind the 1922 Rand Revolt Centenary Stone
  • Two cemetery buildings illegally demolished
  • The search for Enoch Sontonga
  • The Johannesburg Way of Death - The History of the Johannesburg Crematorium

From our Archive

  • The Story Behind the 1922 Rand Revolt Centenary Stone
  • Remembering the 'Eiffel Tower of the Rand'
  • The Sunnyside Spook House
  • What’s in a name? Pushing for a more nuanced and dynamic understanding of historical names
  • My trip through Africa in the early 1970s
  • Forbidden Images (1960s to 1980s) - Illegal photographs captured by young men conscripted into the South African Military
  • Mandela’s head rises in Howick
  • The Scottish Horse Memorial - The story behind one of Johannesburg's earliest war memorials
  • A short history of the metrication movement in South Africa
  • A Dutch Accolade from a Field Ambulance volunteer praising a Boer war officer
  • ABSA's huge plans for the Joburg CBD
  • Patrick Fletcher - Versatile Pioneer
  • Modernist Icon Shimmers above Joburg once more
  • A Short History of the Company's Garden, Cape Town
  • Volksrust (Llanwarne/Langwane) - A Transvaal Border Town Through the Eyes of a Deltiologist

From the Directory

  • Historic Building Consultants
  • Parkmore Community Association (PCA)
  • Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa (VASSA)
  • Gurney Planning & Design (Pty) Ltd
  • Heritage Chronicle SA
  • Lepogo La Thaba Adventures
  • Modderfontein Conservation Society
  • Heritage Monitoring Project (HMP)
  • Sibambene Bolt Heritage Construction
  • Mayat Hart Architecture
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