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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

  • Spanish Train and Other Stories - Some thoughts on the AFRO 4000 Saga
  • In the Footsteps of Captain Charles Michell - 3/60th Regiment (King's Royal Rifles)
  • Port Elizabeth - An Abridged History of an Apartheid City
  • In Search of Napoleonic Treasure in the Karoo
  • A Short History of one of the oldest houses in South Africa
  • Sandton almost had a beach
  • John Montagu - Administrator Who Made Things Happen
  • Tracing the 1922 Strike
  • Johannesburg celebrates the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902
  • Beyond the Narrative of Decay: The Real Story of Young Avenue, Upper Houghton
  • Memories of my visits to the Kensington Castle
  • Exceptional collection of Africana goes on auction
  • Joubert Park In Danger - Herbert Prins Speaks Out
  • Nukain Mabuza’s Painted Rock Garden on the main road between Kaapmuiden and Barberton
  • The great Kruger National Park gold heist that no one is talking about

From the Directory

  • Makana Residents' Association
  • Friends of the Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site
  • Urban and Rural Exploration
  • Hawequa-|Xam Community
  • PHS Consulting
  • Liana Jansen - Landscape Architect & Professional Heritage Practitioner
  • Ladysmith Siege Museum Trust
  • KlipSA (Klipriviersberg Sustainability Association)
  • Heritage Mossel Bay
  • Parkview Residents Association (PRA)
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