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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

  • Fort Pine - Place of refuge after the battles of Isandlwana and Rorkes Drift
  • Kirti Menon and Gandhi’s legacy
  • Clarendon Circle - Then and Now
  • Two gum trees, firemen and horse races
  • South Africa's Road to Nowhere
  • A short history of the Irene Concentration Camp Cemetery
  • That famous 21st Birthday broadcast from Cape Town... or was it?
  • Probably the earliest record of Ndebele wall decoration I have discovered to date
  • The Silences around the Makapan Cave Siege of 1854
  • A remarkable story of how a man feels about his home
  • Uproar in the Cape - The Arrival of the Convict Ship Neptune in 1849
  • Johannesburg - A Goldfield Discovered
  • South Africa’s Photographic Salon Entries - Past and Present
  • Amazing Photographs of Historic Nedbank Branches
  • Pink Buildings in Johannesburg - Statement by the Egoli Heritage Foundation

From the Directory

  • Prof Walter Peters - Architect & Heritage Practitioner
  • Wynberg Residents and Ratepayers Association (WRRA)
  • Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation
  • Parkhurst Residents' and Business Owners' Association (PRABOA)
  • Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries
  • Franco Frescura Heritage Consultants
  • Ship Society
  • ARCON Conservation Architects & Spatial Heritage Consultants
  • Save our Berea
  • ICOMOS SA
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