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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

  • Carl von Brandis - The Father of Johannesburg
  • A Brief History of Indian Indenture in South Africa
  • Cutting Edge 3D Technology Brings Historic Corbelled Houses to Life
  • Pioneer Diamond Field Photographers Kimberley (1869 - 1915)
  • What are the Oldest Towns in South Africa?
  • Carl Friedrich Adolf Wundram - Piet Retief’s only recorded photographer between the 1890s and 1910
  • The Scheffel Bogie and the Rail Gauge
  • George Pauling - Leading railway contractor in the development of Southern Africa
  • How the name of Clarendon Place came about
  • Visiting the Historic Victoria West Cemetery
  • Killarney is stylish living
  • Alluvial Diamond Digging at Holpan
  • The King James Bible - Thanks a Billion
  • Markhams' battle for survival
  • Deanery then, Koekfontein now - The story of a grand home in Upper Houghton

From the Directory

  • Westcliff Residents Association (WRA)
  • Cape Institute for Architecture
  • Franco Frescura Heritage Consultants
  • Heritage Association of South Africa (HASA)
  • Wynberg East Civic Association (WECA)
  • Kenton-on-Sea Ratepayers Association (KOSRA)
  • Tsimba Archaeological Footprints
  • Saxonwold and Parkwood Residents Association (SAPRA)
  • Liana Jansen - Landscape Architect & Professional Heritage Practitioner
  • Erasmus Fairbairn Architects
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