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World War II

  • Winston’s War – The Valiant Years
  • Finding Job Maseko - It is not Masego, it is Maseko
  • Gordons Bay Coastal Defence Battery 1943
  • The Mystery of the Missing Major General
  • Portrait of a Springbok - Lest we forget
  • The man who never spoke about the war
  • Radar at Wits: South Africa’s development of radar within three months in World War II
  • Iconic painting reveals close relationship between Churchill and Smuts
  • Cullinan - The War Years
  • Red Beret, Red Cross, Red Star - The remarkable story of Lippy Kessel

From our Archive

  • Rapid Rail Revamp in South Africa
  • Our Forgotten Heritage – The Beleaguered Blockhouses
  • The Laurels - A Piece of Mooi River History
  • The Buildings of C. H. Thrupp and Company over the Decades
  • Discovery of a cannonball that was fired during the Battle of Muizenberg (1795)
  • The Pink Buildings Saga - Six Months On
  • Mai Mai Market - 'The Place of Healers'
  • Photographs of Johannesburg circa 1892
  • The Place of Kasteelberg in Khoekhoe History
  • We can reclaim our Hillbrow Tower!
  • Mr. Bellman’s Hangar
  • Honouring the 'Father of Nguni Literature'
  • Aerial photographs that tell two stories!
  • In conversation with Jan van Wijk - The refurbishment of the Rembrandt Gallery, Wits University
  • Dorkay House hangs on

From the Directory

  • Africa Media Online
  • Cape Town Family History Society
  • Simon's Town Historical Society
  • Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Heritage House, Modderfontein
  • Knysna Historical Society
  • Observatory Civic Association (OCA)
  • Cape Town Heritage Foundation (CTHF)
  • Pinelands History
  • City Bowl Ratepayers and Residents Association (CIBRA)
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