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  • A new perspective on Johannesburg trams
  • 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
  • Tram Spotting - Pretoria Tram Services as depicted on early Picture Postcards (1900s to 1920s)
  • A short history of the tram lines serving Pretoria and the Union Buildings via Church Square
  • Remembering the end of the tramcar era

From our Archive

  • Mandela’s Belongings: Balancing Law, Family and National Memory
  • Visiting the Historic Victoria West Cemetery
  • Visiting the Historic Williston Cemetery
  • Restoring one of Parktown's Greatest Mansions
  • Leadership and the role SAHRA can play to facilitate connectivity with and between museums
  • The elusive Neilson brothers - Early 20th century deep-level mining photographers
  • The easy life of Doris Mosikele
  • Soap Houses of the Karoo
  • Tracing the 1922 Strike
  • One of Cape Town's least known yet most fascinating landmarks
  • John Hamilton Wicksteed - The competent young engineer who came to a sad end
  • Four strategies to deal with colonial buildings
  • The Johannesburg Way of Death - The History of the Johannesburg Crematorium
  • Blue plaques celebrate historic sporting moments in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
  • Ten Forgotten Buildings of Johannesburg

From the Directory

  • Peter Glendinning
  • Hilton Steam Heritage Association
  • Melville Residents Association (MRA)
  • Heritage Chronicle SA
  • Vernon Systems
  • Krugersdorp Heritage Association
  • Quagga Rare Books & Art
  • The Conservation Studio - Albany Museum
  • Friends of Horwoods Farm
  • South African Institute of Architects (SAIA)
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  • Volksrust (Llanwarne/Langwane) - A Transvaal Border Town Through the Eyes of a Deltiologist
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