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North West

  • Early Potchefstroom-based photographers (1850s to 1920s)
  • NWU Main Building – The Icon of Potchefstroom
  • Potchefstroom's Gunpowder Magazine: From Military Necessity to Heritage Site
  • The Lost Graves of the Jameson Raiders
  • 1932 Leeudoringstad explosion of 320 tons of dynamite
  • New Year’s Eve murder in Potchefstroom
  • Priceless heritage sites celebrated at Toppieshoek
  • Alexandra Park – the lost green heart of Potchefstroom
  • The 1912 super-athlete from South Africa – Kenneth McArthur
  • Oscar Wilhelm Alric Forssman - Wealthy man who suffered devastating losses
  • The rock engravings at Bosworth farm
  • A Short History of the Battles of Silkaatsnek
  • The Battle of Nooitgedacht - The biggest battle fought in the Magaliesberg
  • A Celebration of the Life of Robert Rupert Forsyth
  • A Short History of the Battle of Dwarsvlei
  • The Kruger Houses at Boekenhoutfontein
  • The tragic stories about the early doctors of Potchefstroom
  • The Execution of Christian Woite
  • The Peoples of the Magaliesberg - Robert Moffat, Missionary
  • What happened in the Potchefstroom concentration camp

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From our Archive

  • The mystery of the goat-horned Ndebele ‘doll’ at the Wits Art Museum (WAM)
  • The Nedbank Historical Collective - Exploring the oldest collective financial institution in South Africa - Part 2
  • Why we should not waste effort maintaining this important heritage site
  • Rapid Rail Revamp in South Africa
  • Planners, Protectors and Predators: Public Trust and the tension between Heritage and Planning laws
  • Union Buildings Gardens Vandalised and Neglected
  • Remember the 26th of September: The Battle of Sandfontein
  • Brixton's First Blue Plaque
  • A Trip Inside the Derelict Royal Natal National Park Hotel
  • Mathew Woodifield - The Busy Engineer who Disappeared
  • One of Sandton's oldest structures set to serve the local community
  • A Short History of Talana Farm Cemetery
  • More than a century ago: “Toen en Nu” (Then and Now) - A poem by Ompie
  • Old, New and Newest in Braamfontein
  • The Cullinan Diamond and other remarkable stones from the Premier / Cullinan Mine

From the Directory

  • Heritage Association of South Africa (HASA)
  • James Mpanza Legacy Foundation
  • Shaw Badenhorst - Researcher
  • Rietondale Homeowners and Residents Association (RHOARA)
  • Verulam Historical Society
  • African Pictures
  • Agora Consulting
  • The Workplace Agency
  • Historical Society of Port Elizabeth
  • Michael Hart Architects & Urban Designers
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