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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

  • No more happy days at the Royal Natal National Park Hotel 
  • Early Settlers and Prospectors in Sandton
  • A Brief History of Roads in South Africa - In the Beginning
  • Joubert Park Lives - A 2016 Visit
  • Life was hard for a woman on the Rand in the early days
  • Discovery of a cannonball that was fired during the Battle of Muizenberg (1795)
  • The rescue restoration of the historic town centre of Wupperthal
  • Visiting the Historic Williston Cemetery
  • The Legacy of Dr Arthur David Bensusan
  • X Doesn’t Always Mark the Spot: Rediscovering Withington’s Lost Villa
  • The Tickey – a legendary South African Coin
  • Markhams' battle for survival
  • Pestilences of the skin – horrible infections, ailments and occupational hazards circa 1927
  • 1932 Leeudoringstad explosion of 320 tons of dynamite
  • The Founding of Potchefstroom

From the Directory

  • Daveyton Heritage Society
  • LM Architects and Heritage Consultants
  • Knysna Historical Society
  • Cape Town Heritage Foundation (CTHF)
  • Friends of Blaauwberg Conservation Area (FoBCA)
  • The Forge - Customized wrought metal work
  • South African Visual Arts Historians (SAVAH)
  • Gurney Planning & Design (Pty) Ltd
  • Boikanyo oo Menwe Foundation
  • Bela Bela Heritage
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