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Legal History

  • Magistrates’ Courts – blasts, apartheid and art
  • Raw material for the study of the transition from Boer administration to colonial British management

From our Archive

  • Matters Piscatorial: Fishermen’s story of significance - The Lilliecrona Photo album
  • What happened to the Van Wouw House?
  • Uitenhage's Evolution 1804-1910
  • Pestilences of the skin – horrible infections, ailments and occupational hazards circa 1927
  • 'More than a Shop' - Fanny Klenerman and the Vanguard Bookshop in Johannesburg
  • A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay
  • Why we should not waste effort maintaining this important heritage site
  • Visiting historic Hanover via Springfontein
  • Visiting one of the oldest pubs in Gauteng
  • An Architectural Treasure of the NZASM: The Story of Krugersdorp Railway Station
  • Five homes in bohemian Parktown
  • George Pilkington - The Elderly Gentleman Who Kept up The Good Work
  • Newtown's Edwardian Lavatory survives against the odds
  • Origins of Emmarentia Dam
  • Cape Peninsular - Manganese Hikes and Mines

From the Directory

  • Melville Residents Association (MRA)
  • Benoni - History Now & Then
  • Hermanus History Society
  • Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA)
  • WIEW Architects
  • Friends of the Rail (FOTR)
  • Verulam Historical Society
  • Historic Pig and Whistle Inn
  • Ursula Rigby Architect & Professional Heritage Practitioner
  • Christison Rare Books
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