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Sporting History

  • The Anderson Family of Winchester Mansions
  • Ian Hamilton Roberts Scott: Motor Racing Pioneer
  • Okey Lewis – Forgotten Olympic gold medal cyclist
  • The 1912 super-athlete from South Africa – Kenneth McArthur
  • Blue plaques celebrate historic sporting moments in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
  • Matters Piscatorial: Fishermen’s story of significance - The Lilliecrona Photo album
  • When the Lions Roared in 1974
  • Racing in the shadows of mine dumps: Black African cycle sport on South Africa's gold mines in the apartheid era
  • All Blacks in Hermanus Seventy Years Ago
  • Passionate about tennis - A South African photo album of historical significance (1909 - 1913)
  • The History of Soccer in Jozi
  • Sport and People of Cullinan
  • Soccer City: an architect’s dream
  • You say football I say soccer
  • ‘Empire, War & Cricket in South Africa’: Logan of Matjiesfontein
  • Why are there two codes of rugby?

From our Archive

  • Fire at Parliament: Statement from the Heritage Association of South Africa (HASA)
  • South Africa needs a Fred Dibnah
  • A short history of Ncera Methodist Church
  • The Great Isambard Kingdom Brunel
  • The Famous Hanging Building at 78 Fox Street
  • The hero who asked for a VC... and got it!
  • Carl Bluhm's contribution to early Eastern Cape photography - A career tragically cut short
  • Herbert Baker honoured in Muizenberg
  • Robert Sobukwe - The shaping of an Africanist at Healdtown Mission Institute
  • Onze Molen - Durbanville's link with the past
  • When the Lions Roared in 1974
  • A Short History of the Cape St Francis Lighthouse
  • Sport and People of Cullinan
  • Mourning the loss of a Lower Houghton landmark
  • The vanished world of Mr Man Tong and his shop at 25 Stanley Avenue, Richmond

From the Directory

  • Urban and Rural Exploration
  • Gardens of the Golden City
  • St Ursula's Museum, Art Gallery & Research Centre
  • David Manning Stained Glass
  • Ancestors Research South Africa
  • Docomomo South Africa
  • James Mpanza Legacy Foundation
  • Brian McKechnie - Architect & Heritage Consultant
  • Boksburg Our Town Heritage
  • Ceres Rail Company
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