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Towns and Cities

  • Kalk Bay Historical Association at 30 Years
  • How the Village of Rhodes Became a Heritage Area
  • Journal of a visit to the Gold Fields in 1889
  • Visiting historic Hanover via Springfontein
  • Visiting the Historic Village of Wakkerstroom
  • Malagas/Malgas and Joseph Barry
  • Sandton and Randburg 1939-1969 - Experiments in Local Government
  • A short sharp history of the Marikana Railway Station, est. 1910
  • Where there was gold there were photographers - Barberton Goldrush
  • Some Reminisces of Malmesbury
  • Johannesburg as seen through the eyes of a young schoolboy in the late 1940s, early 1950s and later as a young married man in the early 1960s
  • Sandton has History!
  • A stroll through the Heidelberg Kloof cemetery
  • Uitenhage's Evolution 1804-1910
  • Ouma keeps historic town alive
  • What was Boksburg like in 1903?
  • The Controversial Naming of Sandton
  • The Founding of Potchefstroom
  • The Early History of Boksburg
  • The Fascinating History of Randburg

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From our Archive

  • Pilgrim's Rust - Tracing the Tramway
  • Millbank - The Closest Historic Mill to Johannesburg
  • Deanery then, Koekfontein now - The story of a grand home in Upper Houghton
  • Sammy Marks Museum - The Survival of a Grand Century Old Estate
  • Aerial photographs that tell two stories!
  • Home Straight for Massive ANC Archives Digitization Project
  • Wits University Gold Medal awarded to Herbert Prins
  • Beyond the Narrative of Decay: The Real Story of Young Avenue, Upper Houghton
  • A Chance in a Million - Identical photographs found on different continents
  • The mystery of the Penn Symons flag
  • Heritage in South Africa Since 1994: Civil Society at the Frontline
  • A Royal Rapport, How the Windsors met a Hohenzollern in Queenstown
  • A short history of the gladius in the Ditsong Museum Collection
  • The remarkable life of Charlotte Maxeke
  • Ten of Joburg's Most Underrated Buildings

From the Directory

  • Limpopo Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (LIHRA)
  • Simon's Town Historical Society
  • Williams Cultural Management (WCM)
  • Docomomo South Africa
  • Past Experiences
  • Dullstroom Heritage Society
  • Krugersdorp Heritage Association
  • Friends of the Rail (FOTR)
  • Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA)
  • Lepogo La Thaba Adventures
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