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Grave Hunter Series

  • The Wagner-Hoffa Legacy: A Tale of Two Scientific Pioneers from Richmond
  • Secrets of the Brown Family Plot in Brixton Cemetery
  • Mystery of Braamfontein's arched grave solved!
  • Solving the riddle of the site of all the late 1938 to early 1940s burials in the Brixton Cemetery
  • The reinterment of the remains of the first (and last) Consul General of the Ottoman Empire posted to South Africa
  • Solving the Mystery Behind "Grannie's Grave" in Braamfontein Cemetery

From our Archive

  • Student in Trouble - Protesting against Apartheid in the 1950s
  • Spectacular old photographs of Joburg from above
  • Re-imagining the Planetarium as the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome
  • Melville Koppies bags heritage award
  • Cullinan - The War Years
  • ‘Spanish’ Flu in South Africa and its effect at Hartbeespoort
  • Uproar in the Cape - The Arrival of the Convict Ship Neptune in 1849
  • The tree with the most historic significance in old Nelspruit
  • A critical look at Cape Town's developer-friendly policies
  • The Red Ox of Riebeek Kasteel
  • History of the Rissik Street Post Office Clock
  • The Death of James Christie Grant
  • Was there an Italian POW Camp in Pringle Bay during World War II?
  • The history of one of the oldest bridges in Southern Africa
  • Ronel Bischoff - woman in charge

From the Directory

  • Johannesburg Urban Forest Alliance (JUFA)
  • Hawequa-|Xam Community
  • Hermanus History Society
  • Ancestors Research South Africa
  • Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA)
  • WIEW Architects
  • Docomomo South Africa
  • Ruth Muller Archivist / Researcher
  • Yeoville and Bellevue Ratepayers Association
  • Peter Glendinning
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