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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

  • History of the Old and New Grabouw Passes
  • The 1913 Land Act
  • The Audience in the Room: Who is Cape Town's Cultural Heritage For?
  • Brief History of St Ursula’s School
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Part 2)
  • The Heritage Portal in Numbers (December 2020)
  • Putting Joburg buildings before profits - The legacy of Robin Fee
  • Q&A with Kathy Munro
  • Historic recipe books are an aspect of cultural history
  • Early Heidelberg through the eyes of a deltiologist
  • Some Reminisces of Malmesbury
  • A Short History of the Mulberry Tree
  • Forty Years Later... SAS Protea and the Kaiyo Maru
  • Newtown Cooling Towers - Preserve or Demolish?
  • Lion Battery - The Russians and the Noon Gun

From the Directory

  • Heritage Potchefstroom Erfenis
  • Kenton-on-Sea Ratepayers Association (KOSRA)
  • Boikanyo oo Menwe Foundation
  • Brixton Community Forum (BCF)
  • Greenside Residents Association (GRA)
  • Liana Jansen - Landscape Architect & Professional Heritage Practitioner
  • Emmett Architects
  • Linares Architects and Associates
  • Lennie Gouws - Researcher and Author
  • South African Cannon Association (SACA)
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