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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

  • Windybrow and Theodore Reunert
  • William English - From Trapper Boy to Toff
  • Step into Victorian Joburg
  • An Elephant Whisperer in Hermanus? The Story of Harold Langford-Browne
  • The Kodak Girl - South African Film Wallets (1910s to 1960s)
  • Forty Years Later... SAS Protea and the Kaiyo Maru
  • The use of so-called 'Magic Mushrooms' by Zulu warriors
  • Separated by a Common Language
  • Restoring Pietermaritzburg's Old Ireland Building in the late 1970s
  • Gordons Bay Coastal Defence Battery 1943
  • Memories of the Killarney Film Studios
  • Was there life before Metrication?
  • Beyers Naudé - From Pariah to National Hero
  • The Legacy of Dr Arthur David Bensusan
  • The Old Synagogue in the Gardens

From the Directory

  • Shaw Badenhorst - Researcher
  • Africana Books & Collectibles
  • Asha Consulting
  • Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa (ILASA)
  • Benoni Heritage Society
  • Wynberg East Civic Association (WECA)
  • De Rust Heritage Trust
  • Jenna Mervis - Author and Museum Storyteller
  • Camps Bay Ratepayers and Residents Association (CBRRA)
  • Dr Anna Trapido - Indigenous and Heritage Food Specialist
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