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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

  • Deep concern for Parktown's oldest surviving house
  • Origins of the book 'District Six - Memories, Thoughts and Images'
  • The history of the oldest continually lived in house North of the Orange River
  • The only known 'Herbert Baker' house in Kensington
  • The first re-discovery of gold in the Transvaal
  • Henri Ferdinand Gros - Pretoria’s first permanently based photographer, 1875 to 1890
  • Rider Haggard - Lost in Pretoria?
  • The Architectural and Historical Significance of the Markhams Building
  • Amazing places to view the Sandton skyline
  • No more happy days at the Royal Natal National Park Hotel 
  • They wanted to demolish the Durban Railway Station
  • Forgotten fountain returns to the limelight
  • Some thoughts on Keiskammahoek
  • The History and Restoration of Boschendal
  • The dark history behind the Oriental Plaza

From the Directory

  • Outeniqua Historical Society
  • Friends of the Knysna Libraries
  • The South African Archaeological Society (ArchSoc)
  • Norwood Orchards Residents Association (NORA)
  • Francois Johannes Cleophas - Sport Historian
  • Pinelands History
  • DK Conservators
  • Original Shoreline Project
  • Parkhurst Residents' and Business Owners' Association (PRABOA)
  • Vernon Systems
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Recent Posts

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  • Volksrust (Llanwarne/Langwane) - A Transvaal Border Town Through the Eyes of a Deltiologist
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  • Peter Rich, Architect in Search of African Place-Making
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