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Commemorations

  • The traditional ‘two minutes silence in remembrance’ was first observed in Cape Town
  • When is Johannesburg's Birthday?

From our Archive

  • The Royal Navy in Hermanus in 1961
  • Probably the earliest record of Ndebele wall decoration I have discovered to date
  • A Brief History of Knysna from 1770 to 1890
  • The Vergelegen Story Part One - Splendid Beginnings and a Period of Decline
  • The Bird Calendar 1940-2020 - A short history, including a question and a real-life mystery
  • Johannesburg as seen through the eyes of a young schoolboy in the late 1940s, early 1950s and later as a young married man in the early 1960s
  • A Short History of Plettenberg Bay's 'oldest surviving building'
  • A South African encyclopaedia - A worthy and dated work of reference and a collectable treasure
  • An Architectural Treasure of the NZASM: The Story of Krugersdorp Railway Station
  • Delville Wood - The costliest action the South African Brigade fought on the Western Front
  • Lion Battery - The Russians and the Noon Gun
  • Visiting one of the oldest pubs in Gauteng
  • Visiting one of the most important Muslim tombs in the Western Cape
  • The rock engravings at Bosworth farm
  • Isandlwana's Forgotten V.C.

From the Directory

  • Amafa / Heritage KwaZulu Natal
  • Save our Berea
  • Graeme Addison
  • Parkmore Community Association (PCA)
  • Totem Media
  • Shaw Badenhorst - Researcher
  • Arkhitekton
  • Strandlopers
  • Southern African Historical Society (SAHS)
  • Heritage Monitoring Project (HMP)
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