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  • The Famous Hanging Building at 78 Fox Street

From our Archive

  • The Weeping Cross from Delville Wood
  • Another brick in the wall – forgotten Kirkness bricks and fireplaces at the UNISA Sunnyside campus
  • Joburg’s first trees
  • Kedar Lodge - Heritage, History and Paul Kruger
  • The Face of the Rand Club Bids Farewell (for now)
  • Nukain Mabuza’s Painted Rock Garden on the main road between Kaapmuiden and Barberton
  • Nostalgia and remembrance in the Brixton Cemetery
  • The Port Elizabeth Railway Station
  • Looking back at the opening of Mapungubwe National Park
  • The Battle behind Isandlwana - The fight for the Amanzimnyama Drift and Fugitive's Trail
  • Tintypes - The poor man’s photograph
  • When Love Goes Wrong - Legal Consequences of Broken Engagements
  • Peach and cherry orchards in Linden
  • Water, water... everywhere - Johannesburg's streams and rivers
  • South African medical students in Bonnie Scotland during the 1870s

From the Directory

  • Knysna Historical Society
  • Friends of the Rail (FOTR)
  • Ceres Rail Company
  • Quagga Rare Books & Art
  • Observatory Civic Association (OCA)
  • Prof Walter Peters - Architect & Heritage Practitioner
  • Parkmore Community Association (PCA)
  • Heritage Railway Association of South Africa (HRASA)
  • Rob MIlne Talks and Tours
  • Historic Pig and Whistle Inn
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