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Forced Removals

  • The Unfinished Story of the Hardekraaltjie Cemetery
  • Origins of the book 'District Six - Memories, Thoughts and Images'
  • Maria Ratschitz Mission in the Wasbank Valley
  • Return to Juliwe Cemetery - A community journey
  • Photos of Pageview in 1973
  • Sophiatown land claim payments top R21m
  • Why Alexandra survived apartheid
  • Pageview hero stood his ground for 20 years
  • Only this cemetery remains as a stark reminder of an uprooted community
  • The dark history behind the Oriental Plaza

From our Archive

  • Chunnel Vision - A long held dream
  • The tragic stories about the early doctors of Potchefstroom
  • Visiting the Historic Bultfontein Cemetery
  • Caring for the injured after the Johannesburg Station bombing
  • A short history of Mamre's Moravian Mission Station
  • The Controversial Naming of Sandton
  • The Free State's Forgotten Railway Line
  • Farewell to one of South Africa's great architects
  • Deep concern for Parktown's oldest surviving house
  • Grandma's Notes - Life at the beginning of the 20th Century
  • Somerset House's dusty, musty basement
  • The Author and the Archaeologist - Agatha Christie and Max Mallowan
  • Forbidden Images (1960s to 1980s) - Illegal photographs captured by young men conscripted into the South African Military
  • Visiting the Historic Village of Wakkerstroom
  • The Achmat Dangor Legacy Project – celebrating the extraordinary life of a prolific writer and champion for truth, justice and equality

From the Directory

  • Cindy Postlethwayt Heritage Consultant
  • Landscape Heritage SA
  • Bosele Tours Alexandra
  • Save our Berea
  • Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries
  • Christison Rare Books
  • Green Point Ratepayers and Residents Association (GPRRA)
  • Observatory Civic Association (OCA)
  • James Findlay Collectable Books & Antique Maps
  • First Nation Cobuqua Indigenous Chapter
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