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Cape Town

  • Gordons Bay Coastal Defence Battery 1943
  • Charles Cornwallis Michell - The Father of Civil Engineering in South Africa
  • William Cuthbert Holloway - The Soldier who Built a Splendid Mountain Road
  • Uproar in the Cape - The Arrival of the Convict Ship Neptune in 1849
  • Fire at Parliament: Statement from the Heritage Association of South Africa (HASA)
  • The Nedbank Historical Collective - Exploring the oldest collective financial institution in South Africa - Part 1
  • Slave Sales and Cape Town's Slave Tree Memorial
  • That famous 21st Birthday broadcast from Cape Town... or was it?
  • Herbert Baker honoured in Muizenberg
  • Blue Plaque celebrates Jewish contribution to Muizenberg
  • Recalcitrant City: Cape Town, permission, procrastination and smokescreens
  • Origins of the book 'District Six - Memories, Thoughts and Images'
  • Cape Peninsular - Manganese Hikes and Mines
  • Meandering along the Sea Point Promenade
  • Mostert's Mill - The Sole Survivor
  • The Author and the Archaeologist - Agatha Christie and Max Mallowan
  • Arderne Gardens - Home to the largest collection of Champion Trees in South Africa
  • Health Care workers who died from Spanish Flu
  • Farewell to one of South Africa's great architects
  • Visiting the historic St Paul’s Anglican Church and Graveyard

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From our Archive

  • A Vision for Chinatown - The Remarkable Mr Walter Pon
  • Rapid Rail Revamp in South Africa
  • The Audience in the Room: Who is Cape Town's Cultural Heritage For?
  • Railway Archaeology in the Great Karoo: Dwyka - Antjieskraal - Ketting
  • Re-imagining the Planetarium as the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome
  • South African Radar in the Overstrand in World War II
  • Shipwrecks and Survivors: Epic Tales Hidden in a Rare 18th-Century Map of Southern Africa
  • Some thoughts on Keiskammahoek
  • The Hidden History of Mount Carmel
  • The Father of East London's House
  • Condemned Castle Cries for Help!
  • Rediscovery of historical survey beacon on Oxford Road
  • John Scott Tucker - Ineffective Official who Abolished his own Post
  • Peers the Artist - In search of Charles Ernest Peers (Part 2)
  • One of Joburg's Oldest Mansions in a Plumber's Backyard

From the Directory

  • George Heritage Trust
  • Elegant Places
  • James Ball - Heritage Portal Founder
  • Saxonwold and Parkwood Residents Association (SAPRA)
  • Port Alfred Ratepayers Association (PARRA)
  • Boksburg and East Rand Historical Association
  • Hugh Fraser - Guided Tours
  • South African Museum Association (SAMA)
  • Ladysmith Siege Museum Trust
  • Booklovers Paradise
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