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Grahamstown

  • Charles Jasper Selwyn - Military Engineer who left his mark on the Eastern Cape
  • Kate’s Legacy - Seeking the family of an abandoned box of beautiful old photographs
  • The South African who gave the world the deep level underground railway
  • Joseph Kirkman's Missing Manuscript - Can the mystery now be put to rest?
  • The Blaauwkrantz Bridge Disaster
  • Digitising Kingswood College's Heritage
  • Finding the missing link in the Gold Fields Collection
  • 19th Century lettering on buildings
  • What are the Oldest Towns in South Africa?
  • The Restoration of Grahamstown's Old Gaol (in 1984)

From our Archive

  • Chinese New Year Lights Up Johannesburg's Derrick Avenue in Cultural Spectacle
  • The Old Krugersdorp Court, Magistrate's Offices, Post Office and Telegraph Office
  • Dr Prideaux Selby - A Scot adopts Africa
  • Joburg’s firsts
  • Our lost Lowveld farm
  • Changes to SA's tentative world heritage list - Government and stakeholders respond
  • Valuable octant found on beach
  • Interpreting Historical South African Photographs (1860s – 1970s)
  • The first re-discovery of gold in the Transvaal
  • Voss Bells in Eden
  • The Forgotten Biscuit King
  • Johannesburg Heritage Foundation -  2019 achievements and the year ahead 
  • Bridge of Wars - The Story of the Bailey Bridge
  • To Okavango and Chobe on foot in 1884 - A Dundonian Odyssey
  • Principles and Parallels in South African Water and Heritage Protections - Custodianship, the Constitution, and the Limits of Ownership

From the Directory

  • PGS Heritage
  • Lepogo La Thaba Adventures
  • Eastern Cape Institute of Architects (ECIA)
  • Models n Maps
  • Association of Professional Heritage Practitioners (APHP)
  • James Ball - Heritage Portal Founder
  • The New Titanic Museum SA
  • Klerksdorp Museum
  • The Empathy Lab
  • Kalk Bay St James Ratepayers and Residents Association
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