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Ekurhuleni

  • Visiting the Historic Palmietkuil South War Cemetery
  • Modderfontein's Grand Mansion
  • The Katlehong Bantu are grumbling - let them have more playgrounds
  • Health Care workers who died from Spanish Flu
  • Visiting the Historic Primrose Cemetery (Germiston)
  • Visiting the Historic Rynsoord Benoni Cemetery
  • First Heritage Plaques Unveiled in Modderfontein
  • Horwoods Farmhouse Horror Show Continues
  • Vogelstruisbult Tragedy - An abandoned Springs Gold Mine
  • Destroyed ERPM Mining Village - Some practical thoughts
  • What was Boksburg like in 1903?
  • Unanswered Questions 120 Years after the Great Braamfontein Dynamite Explosion
  • The Early History of Boksburg
  • From the Alps to the Highveld
  • Springs - Art Deco's Love Child
  • Plague, Gandhi and the Parliamentary Clerk's Daughter
  • Tait House Benoni Inspires
  • The Rebirth of the Germiston Carnegie Library
  • The House that Dynamite Built

From our Archive

  • Mayibuye planned a massive onslaught
  • A Brief History of Indian Indenture in South Africa
  • Iconic Kaaimans River Railway Bridge Declared a Provincial Heritage Site
  • Inside Sutton Place Sandton
  • Spies, spices, scurvy, and a small map of Madagascar
  • Ex Libris - Rediscovering Bookplates
  • Johannesburg 1936... Keeping an eye out for souvenir survivals
  • The Wagner-Hoffa Legacy: A Tale of Two Scientific Pioneers from Richmond
  • Once in a lifetime trip inside majestic Cape mansion
  • Northcliff Hill - Then and Now
  • Nkosi Mzilikazi and the Ndebele
  • Life was hard for a woman on the Rand in the early days
  • The Legacy of Dr Arthur David Bensusan
  • That secret Johannesburg canal and stream
  • The War of 1812 - A needless war perhaps?

From the Directory

  • Architects Boers Associates
  • Osmond Lange Architects
  • Friends of the Knysna Libraries
  • Liana Jansen - Landscape Architect & Professional Heritage Practitioner
  • Models n Maps
  • Pressed Ceilings & Decor by Legacy
  • Friends of Kloofendal
  • Brixton Community Forum (BCF)
  • Ruth Muller Archivist / Researcher
  • Kensington Residents and Ratepayers Association (KRRA)
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