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Tributes and Obituaries

  • Obituary: Nicolas Bauman (1952-2025)
  • Go well Pat Rundgren - you were one of a kind
  • Michael Sutton - A hero became a friend
  • Michael Sutton is the reason that I chose to study Architecture
  • Michael Sutton - Brilliant architect who designed masterpieces in South Africa and Greece
  • The passing of Malcolm Freeland marked the end of an era of old Johannesburg
  • A tribute to Werner Kirchhoff - Surveyor of distinction and an early pioneer of South African satellite geodesy
  • A personal tribute to Marcus Holmes
  • A Celebration of the Life of Robert Rupert Forsyth
  • Tribute to Johannes (Johann) Jacobus Bruwer: 1954-2021
  • Obituary for Clive Michael Chipkin
  • Farewell to one of South Africa's great architects
  • Professor Revil John Mason 1929-2020
  • Tributes pour in for Marian Laserson
  • Celebrating the remarkable life of Herbert Prins
  • Clive Chipkin pays tribute to Robin Fee
  • Putting Joburg buildings before profits - The legacy of Robin Fee
  • The Heritage Community says farewell to a courageous and eccentric Johannesburg character
  • She took no prisoners and let no grass grow beneath her feet - Franco Frescura pays tribute to Helen Aron
  • South Africa mourns a heritage champion

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From our Archive

  • Activism by Sandton Ratepayers in the 1990s
  • Johannesburg in a lithograph circa 1937 - In search of Charles Ernest Peers (Part 1)
  • Finding Mr Patel’s outfitter shop in Rockey Street
  • Barberton Blockhouse Cleaned and Secured
  • Fire Destroys Johannesburg Heritage Home
  • Visit this monumental mosaic celebrating Johannesburg
  • The Scheffel Bogie and the Rail Gauge
  • History of the Rissik Street Post Office Clock
  • Coal mining and the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902
  • South Africa’s Three Photographers named Kisch (1863 – 1902)
  • Rickshaws of early Johannesburg
  • Finding Job Maseko - It is not Masego, it is Maseko
  • The restoration of the Workers' Cottages in Newtown
  • Modern British-Built Trams for Johannesburg’s British Empire Exhibition in 1936
  • Sol Plaatje - Cycling into South African History

From the Directory

  • Magaliesberg Association for Cultural Heritage (MACH)
  • James Ball - Heritage Portal Founder
  • Ladysmith Siege Museum Trust
  • Heritage Association of South Africa (HASA)
  • Shaw Badenhorst - Researcher
  • Durban Art Deco Society
  • Docomomo South Africa
  • Joburg Photowalkers
  • Friends of the Knysna Libraries
  • Gabriel Fagan Architects
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