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CBD Revival

  • Johannesburg Mayor's Office to move to the old Albert Street Pass Office
  • Neil Fraser - reclamation champion
  • ABSA's huge plans for the Joburg CBD
  • Joburg gets a new online heritage system!
  • Joburg's oldest surviving bank building is coming back to life!
  • Inner City Snapshot - November 2016
  • Stuttafords to be fashionable once again
  • Pritchard Street thrives once again!
  • New Chapter in the History of the Joburg CBD is upon us
  • The Rebirth of the Germiston Carnegie Library
  • Modernist Icon Shimmers above Joburg once more
  • Massive Johannesburg CBD project finally moving ahead?

From our Archive

  • Springs - Art Deco's Love Child
  • Five homes in bohemian Parktown
  • One of the most remarkable fortification-building projects in the military history of South Africa (if not the world)
  • 1932 Leeudoringstad explosion of 320 tons of dynamite
  • Historic recipe books are an aspect of cultural history
  • Joubert Park In Danger - Herbert Prins Speaks Out
  • Fort Napier 1843 - 2023 - One of the longest lasting and most peaceful military structures in South Africa
  • The Tanzania - Zambia Railway
  • The Grave Story of Rietfontein (Sizwe) Hospital
  • The Founding of Potchefstroom
  • The student’s guide to studying heritage in South Africa
  • The Most Important Polish-Founded Monument in South Africa
  • Kate’s Legacy - Seeking the family of an abandoned box of beautiful old photographs
  • Remarkable historic documents emerge at Hilton auction
  • A short sharp history of the Marikana Railway Station, est. 1910

From the Directory

  • Bruce Eitzen - New World Associates Landscape Architects
  • Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre
  • Archival Platform
  • Asha Consulting
  • Jeremy Hollmann: rock art
  • Arcadia Residents and Ratepayers Association (ARRA)
  • Urban and Rural Exploration
  • Strandlopers
  • Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Kate Otten Architects
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