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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

  • When did Johannesburg first appear on a map?
  • The Heritage Portal in Numbers (December 2020)
  • Why build a majestic villa here?
  • The fate of one Dutch noble line in the Cape Colony 
  • Visiting the historic Brook Street Cemetery, Durban
  • The Klass Brothers - seven storeys of cultural history
  • Report from the 2012 Heritage SA Symposium
  • One of the most extraordinary archaeological and historical phenomena in Southern Africa
  • George Pilkington - The Elderly Gentleman Who Kept up The Good Work
  • Finding Mr Patel’s outfitter shop in Rockey Street
  • Remembering the end of the tramcar era
  • Mandela’s Belongings: Balancing Law, Family and National Memory
  • Melanie Yap - Chinese voice
  • How 'Meccano' inspired generations of engineers
  • Soweto Theatre speaks in many languages

From the Directory

  • Louwkul Design Lab
  • Krugersdorp Heritage Association
  • Historical Society of Port Elizabeth
  • Booklovers Paradise
  • City of Johannesburg Directorate Arts Culture and Heritage
  • Fort Beaufort Heritage Revive
  • Van Biljon Barnardo Architects
  • South African Society of Archivists
  • Mahikeng Society
  • Panners Kingswood Village Association (PKVA)
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