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Military Heritage

  • History of the Ditsong National Museum of Military History
  • Fort Napier 1843 - 2023 - One of the longest lasting and most peaceful military structures in South Africa
  • Anglo-Boer War sketches, Magic Lanterns and the Lanternist
  • Finding Job Maseko - It is not Masego, it is Maseko
  • Gordons Bay Coastal Defence Battery 1943
  • Frescura releases lists to researchers
  • Portrait of a Springbok - Lest we forget
  • The Missing Hours at Isandlwana
  • Searching for the Zulu Mass Graves at Kambula
  • A Short History of East Fort Pretoria
  • Fort Pine - Place of refuge after the battles of Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift
  • The South African baboon that became a war hero
  • The Remarkable Chinese Paired Swords at Ditsong
  • Model of 'U-96' donated to the Ditsong National Museum of Military History
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Epilogue)
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Part 3)
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Part 2)
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Part 1)
  • Death by drowning, the tragedy of the SS Mendi
  • Cape Town’s rich military heritage celebrated

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From our Archive

  • Original blueprint for destroyed Parktown home found
  • Finding the grave of Nat Nakasa in New York
  • Why build a majestic villa here?
  • One of the most extraordinary archaeological and historical phenomena in Southern Africa
  • Nostalgia and remembrance in the Brixton Cemetery
  • Photographs of Johannesburg in the late 1950s and early 1960s
  • Surviving sites from the 1922 Rand Revolt
  • Knysna Gold - How it all started
  • STEEL, When Iron Came of Age
  • The Vergelegen Story Part One - Splendid Beginnings and a Period of Decline
  • Partnership with Pabst - The Restoration of the Joki House
  • The Henry Charles Hull Story: Law, Politics and Mining in Early Johannesburg
  • William Smith: Educator
  • The History of Soccer in Jozi
  • South Africa’s most unlikely export

From the Directory

  • Graeme Addison
  • Glassworks
  • LM Architects and Heritage Consultants
  • Past Experiences
  • Beyond Heritage
  • Hugh Fraser - Guided Tours
  • Chris Taylor Tour Guide
  • 3DSS Laser Scanning Services
  • Horst Müller - Rural & Urban Exploration
  • South African Anglo Boer War Historical Society
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