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Firsts

  • Johannesburg's First Lift

From our Archive

  • Priceless heritage sites celebrated at Toppieshoek
  • ABSA's huge plans for the Joburg CBD
  • The Railway Link to Namibia
  • A walking tour of historic Durbanville
  • One City, Six Spaces in 48 Hours (Tshwane / Pretoria)
  • Going Inside the Kensington Castle
  • "A Great City Deserves Great Cathedrals"
  • Bookplates of Historical Note
  • The South African who gave the world the deep level underground railway
  • In the wreck of the Haerlem
  • The Unbuilt Kimberley Nymphaeum
  • Wits University Gold Medal awarded to Herbert Prins
  • A critical look at Cape Town's developer-friendly policies
  • Documents saved from a rubbish dump reveal snippets of the life of Gerardus Bodde
  • Air Crash Monument a Must

From the Directory

  • Friends of the Rail (FOTR)
  • Nuuseum
  • City of Johannesburg Directorate Arts Culture and Heritage
  • Mandela Bay Heritage Trust (MBHT)
  • Henry Paine Architects
  • James Mpanza Legacy Foundation
  • Wynberg East Civic Association (WECA)
  • Jim Hislop - Property Historian: Cape Town Property Histories
  • Original Shoreline Project
  • Dr Dustin A Tusnovics Architect
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