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Street Names

  • The Story behind Outspan Road Morningside
  • British 'heroes' commemorated in Kensington street names
  • A Deeper Look at Johannesburg's New Street Names
  • What’s in a name? Pushing for a more nuanced and dynamic understanding of historical names

From our Archive

  • Behind the Lens - 50 plus German-born photographers active in South Africa between 1846 and 1915
  • The Grave Story of Rietfontein (Sizwe) Hospital
  • A Royal Rapport, How the Windsors met a Hohenzollern in Queenstown
  • Step into Victorian Joburg
  • Stonework Restoration - Standard Bank Chambers
  • Searching for the Zulu Mass Graves at Kambula
  • George Rex - Remarkable but not Royal
  • Adam De Smidt - Gentlemanly Engineer in a tough environment
  • Origins of Emmarentia Dam
  • A short history of one of the oldest homes in Bathurst
  • Ten Forgotten Buildings of Johannesburg
  • Sandton and Randburg 1939-1969 - Experiments in Local Government
  • Visiting the Historic Primrose Cemetery (Germiston)
  • Old Town Halls Never Die
  • Botched South African amateur snapshots (1920s - 1940s)

From the Directory

  • The South African Archaeological Society (ArchSoc)
  • Emmett Architects
  • Heritage House, Modderfontein
  • Van Biljon Barnardo Architects
  • Southern Suburbs Heritage Society
  • ARCON Conservation Architects & Spatial Heritage Consultants
  • South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation
  • James Mpanza Legacy Foundation
  • Digital Rail Images of South Africa (DRISA)
  • Bruce Eitzen - New World Associates Landscape Architects
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