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Fordsburg

  • Abdul Rahim Munshi - Possibly South Africa’s First Recorded Studio Photographer of Colour
  • Locating the Victims of the 1922 Rand Revolt
  • 10 000 attend Taffy Long's funeral in 1922
  • Take a drive and see the sites associated with the 1922 Rand Revolt
  • Plaque commemorates the final battle of the Rand Revolt

From our Archive

  • Ronel Bischoff - woman in charge
  • Four strategies to deal with colonial buildings
  • Thomas Baines - The 'Eersteling' Sketches
  • The Saga of the planned major SAR & H Museum that never was
  • This is the story of how and why I became the author of "Die Jeppe Story" by Herbert A. Peschel
  • A hidden gem in the heart of Fourways
  • Probably the earliest record of Ndebele wall decoration I have discovered to date
  • Visiting the Historic Simon’s Town Old Burying Ground
  • Berg River Water Supply to the West Coast - The Importance of Jantjiesfontein
  • Memories of Rivonia in the 1960s
  • The Founding of Potchefstroom
  • The Blue Plaques of Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) - Part 1
  • Ravi Lalla - pillar to post to prosperity in Jeppestown
  • 16 300 books... and counting
  • The Johannesburg Way of Death - The History of the Johannesburg Crematorium

From the Directory

  • Graaff Reinet Heritage Society
  • Docomomo South Africa
  • FCTEC
  • Totem Media
  • Yeoville and Bellevue Ratepayers Association
  • LM Architects and Heritage Consultants
  • RE: DIGITAL
  • New Killarney-Riviera Association (NKRA)
  • Greenside Residents Association (GRA)
  • Linares Architects and Associates
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