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Radar History

  • Was there an Italian POW Camp in Pringle Bay during World War II?
  • Radar at Wits: South Africa’s development of radar within three months in World War II
  • South African Radar in the Overstrand in World War II

From our Archive

  • A Short History of Plettenberg Bay's 'oldest surviving building'
  • The Epic March of 7 000 Zulu Workers
  • The Barnato Park Story
  • Markhams' battle for survival
  • Hidden Treasures of the Riemland
  • The Pink Buildings Saga - Six Months On
  • The Johannesburg Way of Death - The History of the Johannesburg Crematorium
  • Why protect a town or city's heritage?
  • The system has failed to achieve its purpose
  • Winnie's pain and torture in prison
  • New Lease of Life for Giant Mining Stamp from 1886
  • Mampoer: Documenting South Africa's Traditional Distilling Heritage
  • Step into a wagon and go back 200 years
  • The First Major Exhibition of Pierneef's Work in 35 Years
  • Early Missionary Photography in the Namaqualand

From the Directory

  • Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa (VASSA)
  • Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA)
  • Gauteng Institute for Architecture (GIfA) Heritage Committee
  • StudioJoy + Architects and Heritage Practitioners
  • Architects Boers Associates
  • Ancestors Research South Africa
  • Heritage Monitoring Project (HMP)
  • Beyond Heritage
  • Van Plettenberg Historical Society
  • Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa (ILASA)
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