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Naval History

  • Preserving the only submarine museum in Africa
  • Visiting the Historic Simon’s Town Old Burying Ground
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Epilogue)
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Part 1)
  • Forty Years Later... SAS Protea and the Kaiyo Maru
  • The Brass Bell of the SS Mendi has been returned
  • The Royal Navy in Hermanus in 1961
  • Death by drowning, the tragedy of the SS Mendi

From our Archive

  • Railways in the Rainbow Nation, thoughts on SONA 2019
  • Robert Sobukwe - The shaping of an Africanist at Healdtown Mission Institute
  • Heritage Heist - The mystery and intrigue behind Yukon's missing windows
  • Memories of Grand Prix Racing in Johannesburg in the 1930s
  • Lantern: A Cultural Mirror of South Africa, 1949–1995
  • The Record Breakers - Johannesburg's Tallest Buildings over time
  • Gordon Verhoef & Krause - Adverts over the years
  • Winnie's pain and torture in prison
  • The easy life of Doris Mosikele
  • The Silences around the Makapan Cave Siege of 1854
  • A Short Masterclass on Boundary Walls
  • Mathew Woodifield - The Busy Engineer who Disappeared
  • Origins of the book 'District Six - Memories, Thoughts and Images'
  • Millbank - The Closest Historic Mill to Johannesburg
  • The mega move of SAS Assegaai - Africa's first submarine museum

From the Directory

  • South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation
  • Library Special Projects
  • Simon's Town Historical Society
  • A J Renovatum
  • Quagga Rare Books & Art
  • Western Cape Numismatic Society
  • Panners Kingswood Village Association (PKVA)
  • Irene Village Hall
  • South African Visual Arts Historians (SAVAH)
  • The South African Archaeological Society (ArchSoc)
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