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Old Fort Johannesburg

  • Remembering the launch of the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation
  • Looking back on the restoration of Johannesburg's Old Fort
  • Visit this monumental mosaic celebrating Johannesburg
  • Where else can you cross paths with Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi in one day?

From our Archive

  • Frescura releases lists to researchers
  • The German churches of the central Natal region
  • The Destruction of the Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial
  • A remarkable Pretorian: Photographer Dotman Pretorius (1917-1999)
  • Summer holidays, Sunshine, Swimwear, Suntan lotion and Sand buckets - South African Beach Photographers (1930s to 1960s)
  • Why we should not waste effort maintaining this important heritage site
  • Newtown's Edwardian Lavatory survives against the odds
  • Origins and Architecture of the William Cullen Library at Wits
  • Coal mining and the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
  • Historic photographs of Apartheid Johannesburg in the 1980s
  • The Rediscovery of Herbert Baker’s Lost Model
  • A lifetime's obsession with Jock of the Bushveld
  • The mosaic that is Jeppestown 
  • Louis Michel Thibault - Ex-Mercenary whose Heritage Enriched the Cape
  • JC Munro - Pretoria's longest serving photographer during the turn of the 20th century

From the Directory

  • Joint Plans Committee West
  • FCTEC
  • Camps Bay Ratepayers and Residents Association (CBRRA)
  • Ancestors Research South Africa
  • Digital Rail Images of South Africa (DRISA)
  • South African Anglo Boer War Historical Society
  • Heritage Western Cape (HWC)
  • Panners Kingswood Village Association (PKVA)
  • Historical Society of Port Elizabeth
  • Benoni Heritage Society
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