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World War I

  • Commemorating the Brave – The World War I Cenotaph at Victoria Falls
  • From Bergville to East Africa (1916-1918), never to return…
  • Delville Wood - The costliest action the South African Brigade fought on the Western Front
  • A Short History of Talana Farm Cemetery
  • Portrait of a Springbok - Lest we forget
  • The South African baboon that became a war hero
  • The Last Man to Walk out of Delville Wood ... was a Dundee Man!
  • Remembering the East Africa Campaign during World War I
  • William Henry Hewitt VC (1884-1966)
  • Reflections on the end of World War I and the impact of war
  • Visiting the Historic Primrose Cemetery (Germiston)
  • Visiting the Historic Harrismith Cemetery
  • The traditional ‘two minutes silence in remembrance’ was first observed in Cape Town
  • Why we should observe Remembrance Day in South Africa

From our Archive

  • A short history of Ncera Methodist Church
  • Montagu Pass - The Final Link
  • The Battle behind Isandlwana - The fight for the Amanzimnyama Drift and Fugitive's Trail
  • History of the Old and New Grabouw Passes
  • The Story Behind the Monument to Petrus Molefe
  • Attempted Assassination at Rand Show
  • Panning for Gold in Sandton
  • Historic Tiger Kloof Hall Reborn
  • Busting Out - Transplanting the heart of Johannesburg in the 1960s
  • Mathew Woodifield - The Busy Engineer who Disappeared
  • The Ponte Saga
  • What remains of the Jameson Raid
  • Exceptional collection of Africana goes on auction
  • Who was the Douglas in Douglasdale?
  • Deep concern for Parktown's oldest surviving house

From the Directory

  • Boksburg and East Rand Historical Association
  • Graeme Addison
  • WIEW Architects
  • Cape Town Heritage Foundation (CTHF)
  • South African Naval Heritage Trust (NHT)
  • Amafa / Heritage KwaZulu Natal
  • Van Plettenberg Historical Society
  • Andre Vercueil Consulting Architects & Heritage Practitioner
  • A J Renovatum
  • Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA)
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