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Monuments

  • The Unbuilt Kimberley Nymphaeum
  • Traces of the Basuto Wars
  • New mosaic marks the site where the Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial once stood
  • Some West Coast Memorials and Monuments
  • Remembering the First Trans-Africa Flight
  • If only statues could speak: the four Boer statues Kitchener ‘stole’
  • Some thoughts on Keiskammahoek
  • Bez Valley War Memorial to be moved
  • The story behind Johannesburg's oldest War Memorial
  • The story behind the South African Scottish Memorial
  • Sappersrus and the War Memorial to the Sappers
  • Carl von Brandis - The Father of Johannesburg
  • Sandton's Forgotten Monument
  • Air Crash Monument a Must
  • Editing Our Past
  • The Scottish Horse Memorial - The story behind one of Johannesburg's earliest war memorials
  • The Story Behind the Oudstryders Monument
  • The Most Important Polish-Founded Monument in South Africa
  • The Story Behind the Monument to Petrus Molefe

From our Archive

  • The history and restoration of Harare's oldest house
  • Tintypes - The poor man’s photograph
  • Snapshot Photography - Automobiles photographed in South Africa from the 1920s to 1960s
  • A Vision for Chinatown - The Remarkable Mr Walter Pon
  • Finding the missing link in the Gold Fields Collection
  • A short history of the gladius in the Ditsong Museum Collection
  • Blue plaques and a new heritage route for Jeppe Boys
  • Plaque commemorates the final battle of the Rand Revolt
  • Our endangered heritage: a national survey
  • Modern British-Built Trams for Johannesburg’s British Empire Exhibition in 1936
  • History is not for the Sensitive - HASA comments on the Rhodes Statue Saga
  • Visiting the Historic Britstown Cemetery
  • South African Photobooth Nostalgia
  • Memories of my visits to the Kensington Castle
  • Visiting the Historic Williston Cemetery

From the Directory

  • James Ball - Heritage Portal Founder
  • Beyond Heritage
  • Erica Davison THL
  • Bela Bela Heritage
  • Quagga Rare Books & Art
  • Historic Pig and Whistle Inn
  • Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation
  • Shaw Badenhorst - Researcher
  • KEIM Mineral Paint and Plaster Systems of Southern Africa
  • StudioJoy + Architects and Heritage Practitioners
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