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Capture Site

  • "I knew in that instant that my life on the run was over" - The capture of Nelson Mandela 5 August 1962
  • Mandela’s head rises in Howick

From our Archive

  • Ouma keeps historic town alive
  • Following in Burchell's tracks
  • Birth of the South African Air Force
  • Inside one of South Africa's Most Prestigious Heritage Hotels
  • Top Heritage Award for Dr Roger Fisher
  • Our City Fathers ought to be Protecting and Defending Joubert Park
  • John Hamilton Wicksteed - The competent young engineer who came to a sad end
  • A Little Church in the Veld
  • A short history of the Siege of Elands River Post
  • Rhodes Court Room, Lock-up and Post Office
  • Restoring Pietermaritzburg's Old Ireland Building in the late 1970s
  • Original blueprint for destroyed Parktown home found
  • Old Malmesbury Mission Church Complex - A question of sustainability
  • The Thesen Homes of Knysna
  • The Bird Calendar 1940-2020 - A short history, including a question and a real-life mystery

From the Directory

  • Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa (VASSA)
  • Hermanus History Society
  • Amambatha Heritage Society (AHS)
  • African Conservation Trust (ACT)
  • Swellendam Heritage Association (SHA)
  • Boksburg Our Town Heritage
  • Tsimba Archaeological Footprints
  • David Manning Stained Glass
  • Barry Pringle Photography
  • South African Society of Archivists
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