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Heritage Venues

  • Step into a wagon and go back 200 years
  • Port Alfred's Historic Castle
  • A short history of one of the oldest homes in Bathurst
  • Mariendahl Brewery - One of South Africa's finest industrial monuments
  • Old Park Station - A heritage site of exceptional significance comes alive again!
  • One of Sandton's oldest structures set to serve the local community
  • Windybrow in Context - From Theodore Reunert Home to Windybrow Arts Centre
  • The Early History of Irene Farm
  • ‘Empire, War & Cricket in South Africa’: Logan of Matjiesfontein
  • A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
  • Newtown's Edwardian Lavatory survives against the odds
  • Air Crash Monument a Must
  • Norscot Manor - Built on a scale few could afford today!
  • Tait House Benoni Inspires
  • Kathy Munro visits Vergelegen
  • Inside one of South Africa's Most Prestigious Heritage Hotels
  • Rand Club - A Grand Past with an Uncertain Future

From our Archive

  • Neil Fraser – passionate city man
  • Ouma keeps historic town alive
  • Collecting artefacts in Livingstone via Pandamatenga and Victoria Falls
  • Was Gandhi at Spioenkop?
  • Whose Heritage? The Battle over Oude Molen and the Meaning of Heritage in South Africa
  • Visiting the Historic Williston Cemetery
  • Clarendon Circle - Then and Now
  • The Epic March of 7 000 Zulu Workers
  • Kenneth Birch and his appreciation of the Witwatersrand Mining landscape
  • The English Language in South Africa
  • Using the latest technology to digitise maps and posters at the Kwazulu-Natal Museum
  • The story of the largest elephant tusks to ever come out of Kenya
  • Searching for the Zulu Mass Graves at Kambula
  • Murrell Robinson Robinson - Dedicated Public Servant
  • Bridge of Wars - The Story of the Bailey Bridge

From the Directory

  • Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre
  • Graeme Addison
  • The New Titanic Museum SA
  • South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation
  • Bronzing Brilliance
  • LM Architects and Heritage Consultants
  • South African Visual Arts Historians (SAVAH)
  • Mahikeng Society
  • McGregor Heritage Society
  • Historical Publications Southern Africa (HIPSA)
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