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Oriental Plaza

  • The dark history behind the Oriental Plaza

From our Archive

  • Forgotten Railway Sidings of the South Peninsula
  • Hunter and hunted photographed - Early South African hunting photographs (1860s to 1910)
  • Our Forgotten Heritage – The Beleaguered Blockhouses
  • Berdine Luyt's 'John' - A wartime romance?
  • The mega move of SAS Assegaai - Africa's first submarine museum
  • What’s in a name? Pushing for a more nuanced and dynamic understanding of historical names
  • A walking tour of historic Calvinia
  • The Fall of Pretoria, June 1900
  • Documents saved from a rubbish dump reveal snippets of the life of Gerardus Bodde
  • Bridge of Wars - The Story of the Bailey Bridge
  • Wupperthal - From Fire to Restoration
  • South Africa’s Three Photographers named Kisch (1863 – 1902)
  • A few memories of Indian Elephants at the Joburg Zoo
  • Nostalgia and remembrance in the Brixton Cemetery
  • When the Lions Roared in 1974

From the Directory

  • Van Biljon Consulting Co.
  • Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA)
  • Hilton Steam Heritage Association
  • Wheat Industry Museum
  • Graeme Addison
  • Gurney Planning & Design (Pty) Ltd
  • Italcotto Roofing
  • Old Pretoria East Residents and Ratepayers Alliance (OPERRA)
  • Eastern Cape Institute of Architects (ECIA)
  • Bibliophile
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