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Endangered Heritage

  • Durban architectural gem under threat
  • Remembering exciting finds in Drill Hall development
  • Iconic Rotunda being vandalised
  • A short history of Ncera Methodist Church
  • Our endangered heritage: a national survey
  • Parktown's oldest house continues to decay
  • The Destruction of the Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial
  • 2017 Most Endangered Cultural Heritage Sites in South Africa Announced 
  • When a Provincial Heritage Site is so desecrated one must question how they should be protected
  • Heritage Horror Stories highlighted by new action group
  • Endangered Heritage Sites 2017 - Longlist Announced
  • Nostalgia and remembrance in the Brixton Cemetery
  • Endangered Heritage Sites Update - April 2017

From our Archive

  • Joburg’s castles
  • Whose Heritage? The Battle over Oude Molen and the Meaning of Heritage in South Africa
  • Five homes in bohemian Parktown
  • One of Cape Town's least known yet most fascinating landmarks
  • Meandering along the Sea Point Promenade
  • Five Sneaky Blue Plaques
  • A post Boer War letter from a Rooinek to a Dutch Girl
  • New publication highlights Africa’s remarkable geology
  • South African Railways – the years of transition from steam
  • Early Ethno-Photography and the Picture Postcard - A South African perspective
  • Life at the National Trust
  • Remembering Cuito Cuanavale: Freedom Month, Heritage and Liberation Landscapes Beyond Borders
  • South Africa's newest African heritage and music museum
  • Finding the earliest known photographs of Prince Albert in a Johannesburg Charity Shop
  • One of the Cape’s most remarkable early mining ventures

From the Directory

  • Historic Pig and Whistle Inn
  • Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries
  • Western Cape Numismatic Society
  • Kensington Residents and Ratepayers Association (KRRA)
  • Eastern Cape Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (ECPHRA)
  • Simon's Town Historical Society
  • Eugene Barnard - Indwe Researcher
  • Joint Plans Committee West
  • Upper Houghton Residents Association (UHRA)
  • Adroit Architects & Interiors
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