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  • Heritage Horror Stories highlighted by new action group

From our Archive

  • 'One of our few remaining links with a bygone Johannesburg'
  • History of the Rissik Street Post Office Clock
  • Spanish Train and Other Stories - Some thoughts on the AFRO 4000 Saga
  • Looking back on the restoration of the majestic Reserve Bank Building
  • A stroll through the Eastern Joburg suburbs of Orchards, Maryvale, Sydenham and Orange Grove
  • Brian McKechnie: heritage, passion and cars
  • The Silences around the Makapan Cave Siege of 1854
  • Obituary: Nicolas Bauman (1952-2025)
  • Original blueprint for destroyed Parktown home found
  • A Short History of Plettenberg Bay's 'oldest surviving building'
  • Five homes in bohemian Parktown
  • The 1960 Coalbrook Disaster
  • Ten South African based German Missionaries Photographed
  • Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Pondoland, South Africa (Part 2)
  • The Richest Goldfield in the World turns 135

From the Directory

  • Tshwane Building Heritage
  • Heritage Potchefstroom Erfenis
  • South African Cannon Association (SACA)
  • Totem Media
  • Horst Müller - Rural & Urban Exploration
  • Melville Residents Association (MRA)
  • Antiquarian Auctions
  • Pretoria Institute for Architecture (PIA)
  • Joline Young Heritage Consultancy
  • Peter Glendinning
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