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Magalies Memoirs

  • A short history of the Siege of Elands River Post
  • The South African baboon that became a war hero
  • The General Hendrik Schoeman Enigma - Visionary, Villain or Victim?
  • The Fall of Pretoria, June 1900
  • A Short History of the Battle of Diamond Hill
  • The first re-discovery of gold in the Transvaal
  • Early mixed farming at the Broederstroom Archaeological Site
  • ‘Spanish’ Flu in South Africa and its effect at Hartbeespoort
  • The Great Observatories of the Magaliesberg

From our Archive

  • South Africans shocked at destruction of PE Heritage
  • The First English Church Across the Vaal
  • Forgotten Railway Sidings of the South Peninsula
  • Traces of the Basuto Wars
  • Recalcitrant City: Cape Town, permission, procrastination and smokescreens
  • Hermanus and HRH Princess Alice
  • He changed the shape of the Cape coast
  • The HS2 Dilemma: Learning from 200 Years of British Railway History
  • Merther, Minerals & Migrations - Three generations of the Lavin family
  • Robert Sobukwe - The shaping of an Africanist at Healdtown Mission Institute
  • Blue plaques and a new heritage route for Jeppe Boys
  • A Short History of the Robben Island Garrison Church
  • A personal tribute to Marcus Holmes
  • Explorer William Burchell – ecologist with a vision
  • Markhams Building and the Cape Town Connection

From the Directory

  • Bela Bela Heritage
  • Cory Library for Historical Research
  • Cornelius Lehr Antiquarian Horologist
  • Norwood Orchards Residents Association (NORA)
  • Historic Bathurst
  • Lesotho Heritage Network
  • Van Biljon Barnardo Architects
  • Sandstone Heritage Trust
  • Andy Selfe - Millwright
  • Kenton-on-Sea Ratepayers Association (KOSRA)
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