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Historic Homes

  • Steffen Ahrends and Ponden House, Bryanston
  • 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
  • Step into Victorian Joburg
  • The Thesen Homes of Knysna
  • Deanery then, Koekfontein now - The story of a grand home in Upper Houghton
  • A short history of one of the oldest homes in Bathurst
  • Remarkable Historic Homes in the Heilbron District
  • The history of the oldest continually lived in house North of the Orange River
  • A short history of Forest Hall Plettenberg Bay
  • The Laurels - A Piece of Mooi River History

From our Archive

  • The History of Sizwe (formerly Rietfontein) Hospital
  • Neil Fraser - reclamation champion
  • The Mainline Railway Termini of London
  • Restoration of the Old Cape Archives
  • Kirti Menon and Gandhi’s legacy
  • A Brief History of Knysna from 1770 to 1890
  • A flag for the Con Court, with help from an elephant
  • Merther, Minerals & Migrations - Three generations of the Lavin family
  • Origins of Emmarentia Dam
  • Saintly Sights - Pre 1900s Missionary Photography in South Africa - An Interview
  • Old, New and Newest in Braamfontein
  • NZASM Structures of the Rand Tram
  • Life was hard for a woman on the Rand in the early days
  • What was the Crystal Palace?
  • To Okavango and Chobe on foot in 1884 - A Dundonian Odyssey

From the Directory

  • FCTEC
  • KEIM Mineral Paint and Plaster Systems of Southern Africa
  • McGregor Heritage Society
  • SDKS-Architects
  • Provincial Heritage Resources Authority Gauteng (PHRAG)
  • Five Hundred Year Archive Project
  • Mandela Bay Heritage Trust (MBHT)
  • Andre Bruton Construction
  • Historical Publications Southern Africa (HIPSA)
  • Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries
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