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Italian Heritage

  • Cullinan - The War Years
  • Giuseppe Maniscalco's long walk from Ethiopia to South Africa
  • The man who discovered the Sterkfontein Caves

From our Archive

  • The story behind the South African Scottish Memorial
  • Some memories of Rosebank in 1966
  • Our vanishing heritage – South Africa’s top ten endangered sites 2016
  • Robben Island Garrison Church - Costly restoration goes horribly wrong
  • Voss Bells in Eden
  • German Relics in the Eastern Cape
  • Buried Beneath the Presidential Estate: The Rediscovery of the Refugee Camp at Meintjieskop
  • A Short History of Craighall
  • The Bird Calendar 1940-2020 - A short history, including a question and a real-life mystery
  • Asian food snails in Zoo Lake - A living legacy of Chinese indentured labourers on the gold fields of 1904?
  • Sappersrus and the War Memorial to the Sappers
  • Fort Napier 1843 - 2023 - One of the longest lasting and most peaceful military structures in South Africa
  • The story of the largest elephant tusks to ever come out of Kenya
  • Farewell to one of South Africa's great architects
  • The Father of East London's House

From the Directory

  • Kate Otten Architects
  • Archival Platform
  • Johan van Heerden - Researcher
  • Van Biljon Barnardo Architects
  • Northern Cape Provincial Heritage Authority
  • Origins Centre, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Barry Pringle Photography
  • Eastern Cape Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (ECPHRA)
  • David Manning Stained Glass
  • Hartbeespoort Environment and Heritage Association (HEHA)
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