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Pre-colonial Heritage

  • The Melville Koppies Smelter Comes to Museum Africa
  • Kgosi Kgaswane and the Bakwena ba Modimosana ba Mmatau of the Tswana People
  • The Ancestors of the Tswana - Farmers Building Stone-Walled Villages
  • The Pioneers: Hunter-Gatherer Communities of the Magaliesberg Region
  • Looking back at the opening of Mapungubwe National Park
  • Revil Mason’s Melville Koppies
  • The Lovely Lonehill Koppie
  • A Lone Hill of National Importance
  • The Significance of Northcliff Hill

From our Archive

  • Barberton Scandal is Here!
  • The dark history behind the Oriental Plaza
  • Mervyn King - man who sets the rules
  • Who was the Corlett in Corlett Drive?
  • A remarkable story of how a man feels about his home
  • Dundee's Fighting Postmaster
  • Crossing the Vaal (at Vereeniging)
  • Benguela - More than just a current
  • The Record Breakers - Johannesburg's Tallest Buildings over time
  • Cape Peninsular - Manganese Hikes and Mines
  • Buried Beneath the Presidential Estate: The Rediscovery of the Refugee Camp at Meintjieskop
  • Mostert's Mill - The Sole Survivor
  • The German Churches of Northern KwaZulu-Natal
  • Wilge River - Supplying water to the Premier Mine
  • Probably the earliest record of Ndebele wall decoration I have discovered to date

From the Directory

  • Sandstone Heritage Trust
  • Knysna Historical Society
  • James Ball - Heritage Portal Founder
  • Society of Bibliophiles in Cape Town
  • Bryanston East Community Forum (BECF)
  • Joint Plans Committee East
  • Simon Green - Anglo-Boer War Expert
  • Architects Boers Associates
  • Talana Museum
  • South African Society of Archivists
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