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Grand Mansions

  • Five homes in bohemian Parktown
  • Huntington Hall destroyed by fire
  • The Gates of Friedaura: A Portal to Parktown's Past
  • The Queens Road Commune - Living in a grand Parktown mansion in the 1970s
  • Herbert Baker’s Stonehouse captures his spirit
  • Botha House, Lynton Hall & Umdoni Park - Heritage Jewels of KZN
  • Modderfontein's Grand Mansion
  • A secret heritage home on the Kensington ridge
  • A remarkable story of how a man feels about his home
  • The Hidden History of Mount Carmel
  • Deanery then, Koekfontein now - The story of a grand home in Upper Houghton
  • Tracey’s Folly still stands proud
  • Original blueprint for destroyed Parktown home found
  • Fire Destroys Johannesburg Heritage Home
  • Hollard saves Arcadia (in 2004) and gets the best view around
  • Dolobran mansion sits smugly among Baker's Joburg icons
  • Port Alfred's Historic Castle
  • Once in a lifetime trip inside majestic Cape mansion
  • A short history of Forest Hall Plettenberg Bay
  • A Brief History of Windybrow

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From our Archive

  • A visit to Moot House Parktown
  • The rock engravings at Bosworth farm
  • Barnett's Views of Johannesburg and Suburbs - A window on the world that was early Johannesburg
  • Hohenheim - The Life and Death of one of Johannesburg's Great Historic Homes
  • Old stamp mills finally go home
  • Kathy Munro visits the Joburg Firsts Exhibition
  • The Last Remaining Natural Waterfall in Johannesburg
  • Travelling along our National Roads
  • Renewed efforts to set Blue Plaque criteria?
  • Johannesburg Stock Exchange Buildings over the Decades
  • The mission schoolboy - Nelson Mandela and missionary education
  • Tait House Benoni Inspires
  • New publication highlights Africa’s remarkable geology
  • A Brief History of Roads in South Africa - In the Beginning
  • Historic sculptures at St Andrew’s School for Girls restored

From the Directory

  • Muizenberg Heritage
  • South East Witwatersrand Family History Society (SEWFHS)
  • Gardens of the Golden City
  • Kalk Bay Historical Association
  • Yeoville and Bellevue Ratepayers Association
  • Henry Paine Architects
  • Rob MIlne Talks and Tours
  • Panners Kingswood Village Association (PKVA)
  • Simon Green - Anglo-Boer War Expert
  • First Nation Cobuqua Indigenous Chapter
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