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Disasters

  • 1932 Leeudoringstad explosion of 320 tons of dynamite
  • The rescue restoration of the historic town centre of Wupperthal
  • The 1954 SAA Comet Disaster
  • Unanswered Questions 120 Years after the Great Braamfontein Dynamite Explosion

From our Archive

  • Mills of the Cederberg
  • Twists and turns in the tale of a clock
  • Hidden arcade re-emerges after four and a half decades
  • The Tay Bridge Disaster
  • Visiting the Historic Primrose Cemetery (Germiston)
  • Magistrates’ Courts – blasts, apartheid and art
  • A lifetime's obsession with Jock of the Bushveld
  • When is Johannesburg's Birthday?
  • Early History of the Drill Hall
  • Cleaning the Joburg Cenotaph - Before, During and After
  • Amazing places to view the Sandton skyline
  • Deanery then, Koekfontein now - The story of a grand home in Upper Houghton
  • Memorials to the Zulu dead at Isandlwana
  • The Early History of Boksburg
  • Zonderwater - Almost certainly the Largest Allied POW Camp in the World

From the Directory

  • South East Witwatersrand Family History Society (SEWFHS)
  • Hilton Steam Heritage Association
  • Dr Dustin A Tusnovics Architect
  • ARCON Conservation Architects & Spatial Heritage Consultants
  • Marc Latilla - Johannesburg Researcher
  • Joint Plans Committee (JPC)
  • Gateway Stained Glass
  • Jeremy Hollmann: rock art
  • Simon's Town Historical Society
  • Vernon Systems
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