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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

  • Coal mining and the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
  • What's printed on your frog? Treasured heritage from the brickfields of John Johnston Kirkness
  • Johannesburg in postcards 1904-08
  • The Story Behind the 1922 Rand Revolt Centenary Stone
  • The Silences around the Makapan Cave Siege of 1854
  • The Historic Forester's Cottage Knysna
  • The Mill Hill Story
  • Restoration of the South African War Memorial Saxonwold
  • Wupperthal - From Fire to Restoration
  • 'One of our few remaining links with a bygone Johannesburg'
  • One of Joburg's Oldest Mansions in a Plumber's Backyard
  • An intriguing century old pamphlet of the 1913 Mineworkers Strike
  • Maggie Friedman - love, life and death with David Webster
  • Stonework Restoration - Standard Bank Chambers
  • Deep-level mining photography: The Elusive Neilson Brothers demystified - with additional information on James Wilbur Read

From the Directory

  • George Heritage Trust
  • Westcliff Residents Association (WRA)
  • James Ball - Heritage Portal Founder
  • GLH Architects
  • Constantia Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association
  • Elegant Places
  • Wynberg Residents and Ratepayers Association (WRRA)
  • Amafa / Heritage KwaZulu Natal
  • Eugene Barnard - Indwe Researcher
  • Van Biljon Barnardo Architects
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