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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

  • An Inquiry into South Africa’s Crumbling Past
  • Scott Brebnor House Midrand - A remarkable reunion between architect and client
  • The South African Footprint in Parliament Square, London
  • Industrial Heritage -  The Story behind the Lime Kiln at Heuningspruit
  • The Ancestors of the Tswana - Farmers Building Stone-Walled Villages
  • A stroll through the Heidelberg Kloof cemetery
  • A short history of the gladius in the Ditsong Museum Collection
  • Inside Sutton Place Sandton
  • What did Johannesburg look like in 1889?
  • A Transvaal Colony Dog Tag from 1903
  • Cape Town’s rich military heritage celebrated
  • Peers the Artist - In search of Charles Ernest Peers (Part 2)
  • Hout Bay Heritage - Huge potential destroyed by neglect
  • Bookplates of Historical Note
  • South Africa’s Photographic Salon Entries - Past and Present

From the Directory

  • Verulam Historical Society
  • Beyond Heritage
  • Treasure Karoo Action Group (TKAG)
  • Society of Bibliophiles in Cape Town
  • Gauteng Institute for Architecture (GIfA) Heritage Committee
  • Rod Kruger - Gold Mining Talks and Tours
  • Hermanus History Society
  • Cory Library for Historical Research
  • Linares Architects and Associates
  • ARCON Conservation Architects & Spatial Heritage Consultants
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