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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

  • The Henry Charles Hull Story: Law, Politics and Mining in Early Johannesburg
  • Frans Beleni – underground man
  • What is the meaning of heritage?
  • The Battle of Nooitgedacht - The biggest battle fought in the Magaliesberg
  • Visual Reflection on Pretoria’s early places of Worship - 1857 to the end of the 1920s
  • Making The Grade - Observations on the Grading of Archaeological and Palaeontological Heritage Sites
  • An elegant lady photographed - Hildagonda Johanna Duckitt (1839 to 1905)
  • Recording Memories – Camera in hand A Philosophical Reflection
  • Enigmatic pre-1875 South African Carte de Visite Hand-Colourists
  • Kippies, the club that wasn't there
  • More gold comes from the southern half of Western Australia than from South Africa
  • The Poster Age, 1968-1972 - Plastering the Campus red and blue and black
  • Johannesburg celebrates the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902
  • Kirti Menon and Gandhi’s legacy
  • The Natal Volunteer Indian Ambulance Services in the Boer War - Legend and Reality

From the Directory

  • Peter Glendinning
  • Dr Dustin A Tusnovics Architect
  • PHS Consulting
  • Dullstroom Heritage Society
  • KlipSA (Klipriviersberg Sustainability Association)
  • Liana Jansen - Landscape Architect & Professional Heritage Practitioner
  • Mpumalanga Heritage
  • Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA)
  • Hugh Fraser - Guided Tours
  • Melville Residents Association (MRA)
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