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Kensington

  • The Scottish Horse Memorial: Honouring the Fallen in Edinburgh and Johannesburg
  • Blue plaques and a new heritage route for Jeppe Boys
  • The only known 'Herbert Baker' house in Kensington
  • The Origins of Kensington
  • A secret heritage home on the Kensington ridge
  • Melanie Yap - Chinese voice
  • South Africa's forgotten bioscopes
  • A journey into the rich history of the vandalised Scottish Horse Memorial Kensington
  • Joburg’s castles
  • Bez Valley War Memorial to be moved
  • The Destruction of the Bezuidenhout Valley War Memorial
  • Foster Gang: Raiders of the Secret Cave
  • British 'heroes' commemorated in Kensington street names
  • Foster Gang Detective Tells his Story
  • The Scottish Horse Memorial - The story behind one of Johannesburg's earliest war memorials
  • Going Inside the Kensington Castle
  • Memories of my visits to the Kensington Castle
  • Modern Day Mystery - What has happened to the owner of the Kensington Castle?

From our Archive

  • Art Deco Durban
  • A Short History of East Fort Pretoria
  • How the name of Clarendon Place came about
  • The Story Behind the 1922 Rand Revolt Centenary Stone
  • A Vision for Chinatown - The Remarkable Mr Walter Pon
  • Streaks of Rust Across the Veld - The Demise of the Branch Lines
  • Celebrating Chinese New Year in Cyrildene
  • The Origins of William Nicol Drive
  • George Bizos loves Joburgers
  • Herbert Baker honoured in Muizenberg
  • The Johannesburg Way of Death - The History of the Johannesburg Crematorium
  • Visiting the Historic Britstown Cemetery
  • Stuttafords to be fashionable once again
  • Forty Years Later... SAS Protea and the Kaiyo Maru
  • Planners, Protectors and Predators: Public Trust and the tension between Heritage and Planning laws

From the Directory

  • Free State Heritage Resources Authority (FSHRA)
  • Heritage Mossel Bay
  • The Heritage Foundation (Die Erfenisstigting)
  • Cannon Association of South Africa (CAOSA)
  • Peter Glendinning
  • Joint Plans Committee (JPC)
  • Friends of the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG)
  • Lareman Architects
  • South African Heritage Resource Agency (SAHRA)
  • Benoni - History Now & Then
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