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Newtown

  • The Melville Koppies Smelter Comes to Museum Africa
  • Is it heritage? Graffiti wall art and Pinki’s Inn, Jeppestown
  • The restoration of the Workers' Cottages in Newtown
  • Johannesburg's Camera Obscura and a world-class photographic collection
  • Putting Joburg buildings before profits - The legacy of Robin Fee
  • The Legacy of Dr Arthur David Bensusan
  • A delightful 1987 calendar celebrating the centenary of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
  • Kippies, the club that wasn't there
  • Newtown Workers' Compound commemorates municipal workers
  • The town that plague built
  • Old Park Station - A heritage site of exceptional significance comes alive again!
  • Johannesburg's Early Markets
  • Johannesburg Stock Exchange Buildings over the Decades
  • The Preservation of Diagonal Street
  • Newtown's Edwardian Lavatory survives against the odds
  • Museum Africa: An internationally renowned Africana collection at risk
  • Newtown Cooling Towers - Preserve or Demolish?
  • The Birth of the Market Theatre

From our Archive

  • In Search of Napoleonic Treasure in the Karoo
  • HF Gros and his remarkable collection of early Transvaal Photographs
  • Commemorating Sir Herbert Baker's last building in South Africa
  • Prospecting for gold in the 21st century
  • Finding my grandmother
  • The English Cricket Legend who Settled in South Africa
  • Fort Napier 1843 - 2023 - One of the longest lasting and most peaceful military structures in South Africa
  • Tintypes - The poor man’s photograph
  • East London's Father of Photography - Osborne Morley (1850-1926)
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Part 1)
  • Mariendahl Brewery - One of South Africa's finest industrial monuments
  • Forgotten Railway Sidings of the South Peninsula
  • Sophiatown land claim payments top R21m
  • The Missing Hours at Isandlwana
  • The Heritage Portal in numbers (October 2019)

From the Directory

  • Asha Consulting
  • New Killarney-Riviera Association (NKRA)
  • Hartbeespoort Environment and Heritage Association (HEHA)
  • Mpumalanga Institute of Architects (MPIA)
  • Johannesburg Urban Forest Alliance (JUFA)
  • The Workplace Agency
  • Van Biljon Barnardo Architects
  • Pinelands Ratepayers and Residents Associations (PRRA)
  • Limpopo Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (LIHRA)
  • Friends of Horwoods Farm
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