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Fietas

  • Pageview hero stood his ground for 20 years
  • What’s in a name? Pushing for a more nuanced and dynamic understanding of historical names
  • The dark history behind the Oriental Plaza

From our Archive

  • Shipwrecks and Survivors: Epic Tales Hidden in a Rare 18th-Century Map of Southern Africa
  • Robben Island Garrison Church - Costly restoration goes horribly wrong
  • The Ponte Saga
  • The Tanzania - Zambia Railway
  • History is not for the Sensitive - HASA comments on the Rhodes Statue Saga
  • Blue plaques and a new heritage route for Jeppe Boys
  • Mostertshoek - One of South Africa's worst rail accidents
  • Professor Revil John Mason 1929-2020
  • The German Churches of Northern KwaZulu-Natal
  • Much More than a Mafia: Mavericks, Mentors, and Medical Maestros. The considerable contribution of St John’s College to Medicine
  • The Lion's Head Gold Mine
  • Struben Monument Destroyed but not Forgotten
  • Finding Mr Patel’s outfitter shop in Rockey Street
  • Response to “Heritage house owners should be compensated by a property tax cut”
  • George Harrison Park - A Battle Lost?

From the Directory

  • Martin Hatchuel - Writer, Horticulturist and Tourism Consultant
  • Kalk Bay St James Ratepayers and Residents Association
  • Booklovers Paradise
  • James Findlay Collectable Books & Antique Maps
  • KEIM Mineral Paint and Plaster Systems of Southern Africa
  • Joburg Places
  • Heritage Railway Association of South Africa (HRASA)
  • FCTEC
  • Jim Hislop - Property Historian: Cape Town Property Histories
  • SDKS-Architects
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