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Disaster Tourism

  • Dark tourism disaster and the terrible Laingsburg flood of 1981

From our Archive

  • The Famous Hanging Building at 78 Fox Street
  • Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Pondoland, South Africa (Part 1)
  • Norscot Manor - Built on a scale few could afford today!
  • Our lost Lowveld farm
  • A personal tribute to Marcus Holmes
  • Radar at Wits: South Africa’s development of radar within three months in World War II
  • Historic recipe books are an aspect of cultural history
  • Historic photographs of Apartheid Johannesburg in the 1980s
  • The Battle of Nooitgedacht - The biggest battle fought in the Magaliesberg
  • A Celebration of the Life of Robert Rupert Forsyth
  • Robben Island Garrison Church - Poor maintenance aggravates the problem
  • Carl Bluhm's contribution to early Eastern Cape photography - A career tragically cut short
  • South Africa’s last coppersmith
  • A Short History of Craighall
  • South Africa is an ideal destination for heritage railway tourism

From the Directory

  • Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA)
  • LM Architects and Heritage Consultants
  • Roodt Architects
  • Amambatha Heritage Society (AHS)
  • Linares Architects and Associates
  • Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre
  • Mayat Hart Architecture
  • Digital Rail Images of South Africa (DRISA)
  • Morbid Musings - Marie-Louise Rouget
  • Kalk Bay St James Ratepayers and Residents Association
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