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History of Southern African Railways

  • The Cape to Cairo Railway Dream
  • Montagu Pass - The Final Link
  • The Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe - Something to chew on
  • Interlude on the Narrow Gauge
  • The Big Fiery Giant - The Story of the Beyer-Garratt Locomotive
  • The Tanzania - Zambia Railway
  • Benguela - More than just a current
  • Streaks of Rust Across the Veld - The Demise of the Branch Lines
  • A New Era Dawns - The first fifteen years of the South African Railways (SAR)
  • Railways from War's End to Union (1902-1910)
  • Railways at War
  • Race to the Rand
  • Cape Gauge - From Ox-wagon to Iron Horse

From our Archive

  • Hector's sister tells the story still
  • "I knew in that instant that my life on the run was over" - The capture of Nelson Mandela 5 August 1962
  • Rand Club - A Grand Past with an Uncertain Future
  • Clarendon Circle - Then and Now
  • Coloured, Honorary White, Legally Black: The Four Waves of Chinese South Africa
  • The General Hendrik Schoeman Enigma - Visionary, Villain or Victim?
  • Hout Bay Heritage - Huge potential destroyed by neglect
  • Travelling along our National Roads
  • Finding Mr Patel’s outfitter shop in Rockey Street
  • Early Ethno-Photography and the Picture Postcard - A South African perspective
  • Delta Sewage Disposal Works, 1934 to 1963
  • Beyond the Narrative of Decay: The Real Story of Young Avenue, Upper Houghton
  • The Bokoni of Mpumalanga
  • Sit! Stay! More than a century ago - South African pet canines in front of the lens
  • William Smith: Educator

From the Directory

  • Saxonwold and Parkwood Residents Association (SAPRA)
  • SDKS-Architects
  • Provincial Heritage Resources Authority Gauteng (PHRAG)
  • ARCON Conservation Architects & Spatial Heritage Consultants
  • Asha Consulting
  • Bronzing Brilliance
  • De Rust Heritage Trust
  • City of Johannesburg Directorate Arts Culture and Heritage
  • Stephanie Victor
  • Fort Beaufort Heritage Revive
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