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Observatory

  • A Short History of the Mulberry Tree
  • Exploring the Syringa Tree
  • The Indian War Memorial: National Memory and Selective Forgetting
  • The story behind Johannesburg's oldest War Memorial
  • Da Gama Park - A little known park with some of the best views of Johannesburg
  • Three Historic Johannesburg Passes

From our Archive

  • Johannesburg’s mayors
  • Uitenhage's Evolution 1804-1910
  • Lessons from my mentor, Steffen Ahrends
  • Some interesting facts about two famous South African bakers
  • Newtown's Edwardian Lavatory survives against the odds
  • Schroder House - The oldest documented dwelling in South Africa
  • The passing of Malcolm Freeland marked the end of an era of old Johannesburg
  • The student’s guide to studying heritage in South Africa
  • When a Provincial Heritage Site is so desecrated one must question how they should be protected
  • MHIG breaks records on the Barberton Makhonjwa Geotrail
  • The Railway Link to Namibia
  • On tour with judge Albie Sachs
  • Jan Christian Smuts 1870 - 1950
  • Herman Charles Bosman, Joburg man
  • Ken Boffard - wrestling the Grim Reaper

From the Directory

  • Friends of Alberts Farm
  • Gauteng Institute for Architecture (GIfA) Heritage Committee
  • David Manning Stained Glass
  • Edwin Conroy - Genalogist
  • Border Historical Society
  • McGregor Heritage Society
  • Durbanville Heritage Society (DHS)
  • Quagga Rare Books & Art
  • Joburg Photowalkers
  • The New Titanic Museum SA
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