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Transnet Archives

  • Workmen Discover Hidden Steps and Centuries Old Post Office Stones in 1906
  • What was Bloemfontein like in 1906?
  • Caring for the Dead at Modder River and Magersfontein
  • Station Life in the Karoo in the Early 1900s

From our Archive

  • Sandton and Randburg 1939-1969 - Experiments in Local Government
  • Burgers Park - A Victorian Heritage (As portrayed in picture postcards from more than a century ago)
  • Blue plaques and a new heritage route for Jeppe Boys
  • Arderne Gardens - Home to the largest collection of Champion Trees in South Africa
  • The student’s guide to studying heritage in South Africa
  • Where, when, what or who was Hardy Cross?
  • A stroll through the Eastern Joburg suburbs of Orchards, Maryvale, Sydenham and Orange Grove
  • Sol Plaatje - Cycling into South African History
  • Patrick Fletcher - Versatile Pioneer
  • Head of Heritage to Bow Out, Leaving a Joburg Legacy
  • Who was the Douglas in Douglasdale?
  • East London's Father of Photography - Osborne Morley (1850-1926)
  • Plaque commemorates the final battle of the Rand Revolt
  • The charter of ‘singing tomorrows’
  • Fire Destroys Johannesburg Heritage Home

From the Directory

  • Melville Residents Association (MRA)
  • Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA)
  • Lower Albany Historical Society (LAHS)
  • Joint Plans Committee (JPC)
  • Agora Consulting
  • Osmond Lange Architects
  • Boksburg Our Town Heritage
  • McGregor Heritage Society
  • Mpumalanga Heritage
  • Rod Kruger - Gold Mining Talks and Tours
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