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Criminal Heritage

  • New Year’s Eve murder in Potchefstroom
  • A mysterious grave next to a railway line
  • Foster Gang Detective Tells his Story

From our Archive

  • Red Beret, Red Cross, Red Star - The remarkable story of Lippy Kessel
  • Planners, Protectors and Predators: Public Trust and the tension between Heritage and Planning laws
  • Blue plaques unveiled on historic Solomon Street workers compounds
  • The Origins of William Nicol Drive
  • Our City Fathers ought to be Protecting and Defending Joubert Park
  • The Johannesburg Way of Death - The History of the Johannesburg Crematorium
  • A tribute to Werner Kirchhoff - Surveyor of distinction and an early pioneer of South African satellite geodesy
  • Andrew Geddes Bain - Iconic Pass Builder and Father of Geology in South Africa
  • One photograph – Seven Afrikaans-speaking Rhodes Scholars at Oxford University (1939)
  • The Bird Calendar 1940-2020 - A short history, including a question and a real-life mystery
  • The Laurels - A Piece of Mooi River History
  • Wits University Gold Medal awarded to Herbert Prins
  • Major loss for the Donkin Heritage Trail
  • Canterbury House - Eastern Cape Group calls for Action
  • The Famous Foundation Stone without its Building

From the Directory

  • South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation
  • Joline Young Heritage Consultancy
  • PHS Consulting
  • South African Visual Arts Historians (SAVAH)
  • Joburg Photowalkers
  • Heritage House, Modderfontein
  • Ceres Rail Company
  • Louwkul Design Lab
  • Boksburg and East Rand Historical Association
  • Southern African Historical Society (SAHS)
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