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Howick

  • "I knew in that instant that my life on the run was over" - The capture of Nelson Mandela 5 August 1962
  • Mandela’s head rises in Howick
  • Millbank - The Closest Historic Mill to Johannesburg

From our Archive

  • Salisbury House shines again (in 2005)
  • Discovery of a cannonball that was fired during the Battle of Muizenberg (1795)
  • Joburg’s castles
  • Gauteng’s only artesian spring
  • New mosaic marks the site where the Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial once stood
  • Johannesburg celebrates the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902
  • Unpacking the history behind this 1919 Ravenscroft photograph
  • The Vergelegen Story Part Two - The Phillips and Barlow Years
  • What's printed on your frog? Treasured heritage from the brickfields of John Johnston Kirkness
  • The Story Behind the 1922 Rand Revolt Centenary Stone
  • Historical Photographs and the South African Law
  • Who was the Roger behind the Jolly Roger?
  • The Historic Sites of Early Johannesburg
  • Heritage Treasures of the South
  • The story of the largest elephant tusks to ever come out of Kenya

From the Directory

  • Ursula Rigby Architect & Professional Heritage Practitioner
  • Hout Bay and Llandudno Heritage Trust
  • Francois Johannes Cleophas - Sport Historian
  • Brixton Community Forum (BCF)
  • Irene Village Hall
  • RE: DIGITAL
  • Morbid Musings - Marie-Louise Rouget
  • Upper Houghton Residents Association (UHRA)
  • Keitumetse Mangate Production Company
  • Friends of Kloofendal
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