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Cape Town

  • Discovery of a cannonball that was fired during the Battle of Muizenberg (1795)
  • A Short History of the Company's Garden, Cape Town
  • Millbank - The Closest Historic Mill to Johannesburg
  • Looking back at the Roeland Street Prison
  • South Africa's Oldest Windmill
  • Controversy and Debate Continues - Herbert Prins gives his thoughts on the Martin Melck Warehouse Saga
  • Race to the Rand
  • Cape Gauge - From Ox-wagon to Iron Horse
  • The recovery of an element of Cape Town’s lost transportation heritage
  • Workmen Discover Hidden Steps and Centuries Old Post Office Stones in 1906
  • What are the Oldest Towns in South Africa?
  • History is not for the Sensitive - HASA comments on the Rhodes Statue Saga
  • One of Cape Town's least known yet most fascinating landmarks
  • A Lengthy Railway Journey in 1889
  • History and Style of the Bo-Kaap

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From our Archive

  • An Unusual 1954 Railway Map of South Africa
  • When did Johannesburg first appear on a map?
  • A Short History of Cullinan School
  • The German Churches of Northern KwaZulu-Natal
  • Some memories of Rosebank in 1966
  • Ten Forgotten Buildings of Johannesburg
  • Victorian-era Brothel Tokens of South Africa
  • Nongoloza: King of the Ninevites
  • Heritage Horror Stories highlighted by new action group
  • The Gold Rushes of the Victorian Era
  • First Heritage Plaques Unveiled in Modderfontein
  • Remembering the days when my family owned the Three Castles Building
  • 1932 Leeudoringstad explosion of 320 tons of dynamite
  • Somerset West Loses an Iconic Heritage Building - The demolition of Blue Waters and the questions it leaves behind
  • What was Bloemfontein like in 1906?

From the Directory

  • Vernon Systems
  • Border Historical Society
  • PGS Heritage
  • Elegant Places
  • Dr Anna Trapido - Indigenous and Heritage Food Specialist
  • Estelle Liebenberg-Barkhuizen - Paper Conservator
  • Saxonwold and Parkwood Residents Association (SAPRA)
  • Antiquarian Auctions
  • South African Institute of Architects (SAIA)
  • Drakenstein Heritage Foundation (DHF)
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