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History of South African Roads

  • Before there were roads - The journey from Port Elizabeth to Kuruman
  • Travelling along our National Roads
  • A Brief History of Roads in South Africa - In the Beginning

From our Archive

  • The Record Breakers - Johannesburg's Tallest Buildings over time
  • The Doctor and the Artilleryman
  • Norscot Manor - Built on a scale few could afford today!
  • Concerns over Longest Avenue of Oak Trees in South Africa
  • Early mixed farming at the Broederstroom Archaeological Site
  • The Preservation of Pimville Soweto
  • Was there an Italian POW Camp in Pringle Bay during World War II?
  • Finding the grave of Nat Nakasa in New York
  • Matters Piscatorial: Fishermen’s story of significance - The Lilliecrona Photo album
  • Kippies, the club that wasn't there
  • Fort Pine - Place of refuge after the battles of Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift
  • James Bisset - Bringing Mass Transport to the Suburbs
  • A short history of the metrication movement in South Africa
  • Dormant Graaff-Reinet Museum Photographic Collection sees the light - Roe & Son studio images of the local Black community
  • An Architectural Treasure of the NZASM: The Story of Krugersdorp Railway Station

From the Directory

  • Totem Media
  • Gauteng Institute for Architecture (GIfA) Heritage Committee
  • Historic Building Consultants
  • 3DSS Laser Scanning Services
  • Hugh Fraser - Guided Tours
  • Rod Kruger - Gold Mining Talks and Tours
  • Original Shoreline Project
  • Architects Boers Associates
  • South African Society of Archivists
  • Tshwane Building Heritage
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