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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

  • A short history of Forest Hall Plettenberg Bay
  • A walking tour of historic Calvinia
  • In Search of Napoleonic Treasure in the Karoo
  • Travelling along our National Roads
  • A priceless Joburg archive - Q&A with Lucille Davie
  • The Forgotten Biscuit King
  • The Vergelegen Story Part One - Splendid Beginnings and a Period of Decline
  • Hermann Schutte - Designer of South Africa's First Lighthouse
  • Report from the 2012 Heritage SA Symposium
  • Killarney is stylish living
  • A remarkable album of early 20th century views of Johannesburg
  • List of Mission Stations in South Africa
  • Port Elizabeth - An Abridged History of an Apartheid City
  • The Old Court House - A Link with Early Durban
  • Checklist for Heritage Warriors

From the Directory

  • Modderfontein Conservation Society
  • Eastern Cape Institute of Architects (ECIA)
  • African Conservation Trust (ACT)
  • Benoni - History Now & Then
  • The Workplace Agency
  • Melville Residents Association (MRA)
  • Eugene Barnard - Indwe Researcher
  • Boksburg Our Town Heritage
  • Historic Bathurst
  • Cornelius Lehr Antiquarian Horologist
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