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Historic Lighthouses

  • Hermann Schutte - Designer of South Africa's First Lighthouse
  • John Frederick Bourne - Railwayman who left an Unexpected Legacy
  • Murrell Robinson Robinson - Dedicated Public Servant
  • A Short History of the Cape St Francis Lighthouse

From our Archive

  • South African Radar in the Overstrand in World War II
  • The Johannesburg Way of Death - The History of the Johannesburg Crematorium
  • She took no prisoners and let no grass grow beneath her feet - Franco Frescura pays tribute to Helen Aron
  • More gold comes from the southern half of Western Australia than from South Africa
  • Digitising Memory: Preserving the Kaapsehoop Historical Cemetery and Village Heritage
  • Rediscovering the 1947 Royal Visit to South Africa
  • Great Mechanical Engineers of the South African Railways & Harbours (Part 2)
  • Ken Boffard - wrestling the Grim Reaper
  • Joburg’s castles
  • Fortnum & Mason - A Staircase Reimagined
  • Industrial Heritage -  The Story behind the Lime Kiln at Heuningspruit
  • A short history of the tram lines serving Pretoria and the Union Buildings via Church Square
  • The rock engravings at Bosworth farm
  • Mr. Bellman’s Hangar
  • Operators of “Mirrors with Memory” South African Photographers (1846 to 1915)

From the Directory

  • Hugh Fraser - Guided Tours
  • South East Witwatersrand Family History Society (SEWFHS)
  • City Bowl Ratepayers and Residents Association (CIBRA)
  • Outeniqua Historical Society
  • PGS Heritage
  • Africana Books & Collectibles
  • New Killarney-Riviera Association (NKRA)
  • Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA)
  • Durban Walking Tours
  • DK Conservators
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