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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

  • The Separate Legal Personality of Companies
  • Resurrection of the Dragon Pillar
  • Early Potchefstroom-based photographers (1850s to 1920s)
  • Nighttime at the Johannesburg Zoo (and some history)
  • Hermanus Lombard and the death of Captain Elliot
  • Deep-level mining photography: The Elusive Neilson Brothers demystified - with additional information on James Wilbur Read
  • Modern Day Mystery - What has happened to the owner of the Kensington Castle?
  • Tributes pour in for Marian Laserson
  • Where to from here... 20 Years of the National Heritage Resources Act
  • Industrial Heritage -  The Story behind the Lime Kiln at Heuningspruit
  • Dormant Graaff-Reinet Museum Photographic Collection sees the light - Roe & Son studio images of the local Black community
  • A stroll through the Eastern Joburg suburbs of Orchards, Maryvale, Sydenham and Orange Grove
  • Johannesburg based artist’s 1960s photographic portfolio resurfaces
  • Clara Goad - The Story Behind One of the Earliest Graves in Braamfontein Cemetery
  • George Harrison Park - A Battle Lost?

From the Directory

  • Dr Dean Allen - Author Lecturer Historian
  • Williams Cultural Management (WCM)
  • South African Anglo Boer War Historical Society
  • Wynberg East Civic Association (WECA)
  • Irene Village Hall
  • First Nation Cobuqua Indigenous Chapter
  • Middelburg Karoo Tourism
  • Friends of the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
  • Francois Johannes Cleophas - Sport Historian
  • South African Cannon Association (SACA)
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