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Diaries

  • Journal of a visit to the Gold Fields in 1889
  • An incredible memoir revealing the suffering of women during the Anglo-Boer War

From our Archive

  • Visiting the Historic Bultfontein Cemetery
  • On tour with judge Albie Sachs
  • The Queens Road Commune - Living in a grand Parktown mansion in the 1970s
  • The Grange - The story of a famous farm in Griqualand West
  • The Balcony Building Hermanus - 1906-2018
  • Irving Lissoos - coming of age in Jewish Johannesburg
  • A Chance in a Million - Identical photographs found on different continents
  • Some ordinary and extraordinary events from Johannesburg in 1904
  • Old Images of South Africa's Town Halls
  • History of Parkmore 1904-1960s
  • Unpacking the history behind this 1919 Ravenscroft photograph
  • Joburg’s firsts
  • Kippies, the club that wasn't there
  • The Hostels and Compounds of Cullinan
  • The Richest Goldfield in the World turns 135

From the Directory

  • Strandlopers
  • Glassworks
  • Border Historical Society
  • Ulwazi Programme
  • Johannesburg Heritage Foundation (JHF)
  • Cornelius Lehr Antiquarian Horologist
  • Hearth Heritage
  • Kalk Bay St James Ratepayers and Residents Association
  • Southern Suburbs Heritage Society
  • Middelburg Karoo Tourism
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