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Remembrance Sunday

  • Portrait of a Springbok - Lest we forget
  • Reflections on the end of World War I and the impact of war
  • The traditional ‘two minutes silence in remembrance’ was first observed in Cape Town
  • Why we should observe Remembrance Day in South Africa

From our Archive

  • June 16, 1976 - 'This is our day'
  • Restoring Pietermaritzburg's Old Ireland Building in the late 1970s
  • Blue plaques celebrate historic sporting moments in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
  • An intriguing century old pamphlet of the 1913 Mineworkers Strike
  • Cutting Edge 3D Technology Brings Historic Corbelled Houses to Life
  • The Death of James Christie Grant
  • Government Avenue Cape Town - South Africa's oldest pedestrian thoroughfare
  • Visiting one of the oldest pubs in Gauteng
  • War Memorials in Banks and Companies
  • Unacclaimed South African Railway Photographers (1894 -1940)
  • Top Heritage Award for Dr Roger Fisher
  • South Africa's World Record Breaking Train!
  • The Katlehong Bantu are grumbling - let them have more playgrounds
  • A New Era Dawns - The first fifteen years of the South African Railways (SAR)
  • Looking back at the Roeland Street Prison

From the Directory

  • Dannhauser Chronicle
  • Pressed Ceilings & Decor by Legacy
  • National Heritage Council (NHC)
  • Gurney Planning & Design (Pty) Ltd
  • Estelle Liebenberg-Barkhuizen - Paper Conservator
  • Totem Media
  • James Ball - Heritage Portal Founder
  • Stephanie Victor
  • Rod Kruger - Gold Mining Talks and Tours
  • South African Heritage Resource Agency (SAHRA)
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