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Gone but not Forgotten

  • Five homes in bohemian Parktown
  • Huntington Hall destroyed by fire
  • Potchefstroom railway station destroyed by fire
  • Gone but not forgotten - The landmark Barlow Fountain
  • The Top Star Drive-in Saga
  • Remembering the 'Eiffel Tower of the Rand'
  • 'One of our few remaining links with a bygone Johannesburg'
  • Ten Forgotten Buildings of Johannesburg
  • Destroyed ERPM Mining Village - Some practical thoughts
  • Remembering an Act of 'Utter Barbarism' in Port Elizabeth
  • Remembering Bryanston's Grand Hunting Estate
  • Norman House - Gone but not forgotten
  • What was the Crystal Palace?
  • Gone but not Forgotten - Johannesburg's oldest Mosque
  • The Battle to Save the Colosseum Theatre
  • Inside Village Walk Sandton
  • Inside Sutton Place Sandton
  • Inside Chadrien Place Sandton

From our Archive

  • A remarkable Pretorian: Photographer Dotman Pretorius (1917-1999)
  • John Hamilton Wicksteed - The competent young engineer who came to a sad end
  • Old clock returns home (in 1978) after 80 years
  • Step into a wagon and go back 200 years
  • The Preservation of Pimville Soweto
  • Five Lost Seven Remain: The Carnegie Libraries of South Africa
  • Memories of Parktown Preparatory School (PTPS)
  • Anglo-Zulu War 1879 - Some personalities photographed
  • Early Ethno-Photography and the Picture Postcard - A South African perspective
  • Pretoria on Parade - A Mystery Photo Album Emerges
  • A reflection on the South African Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) -  1902 to the 1930's
  • Nongoloza: King of the Ninevites
  • The first re-discovery of gold in the Transvaal
  • South Africa's newest African heritage and music museum
  • Honouring the 'Father of Nguni Literature'

From the Directory

  • Adroit Architects & Interiors
  • Limpopo Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (LIHRA)
  • The Conservation Studio - Albany Museum
  • Middelburg Karoo Tourism
  • Simon Green - Anglo-Boer War Expert
  • Greenside Residents Association (GRA)
  • Vernon Systems
  • Reach Archaeology Consulting
  • Friends of the Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site
  • Models n Maps
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