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Orchards

  • Gandhi's house for sale (sold in 2009)
  • A stroll through the Eastern Joburg suburbs of Orchards, Maryvale, Sydenham and Orange Grove
  • Peeling back the layers of Orange Grove
  • A Monument to South African Friendship - Gandhi and Kallenbach

From our Archive

  • Forty Years Later... SAS Protea and the Kaiyo Maru
  • The story behind Johannesburg's oldest War Memorial
  • Original 1913 blueprint of the Yeoville Water Tower unveiled
  • Ravi Lalla - pillar to post to prosperity in Jeppestown
  • Industrial Heritage -  The Story behind the Lime Kiln at Heuningspruit
  • Johannesburg Heritage Foundation -  2019 achievements and the year ahead 
  • The search for gold in the Free State
  • Visiting the Historic Palmietkuil South War Cemetery
  • Memorials to the Zulu dead at Isandlwana
  • Tributes pour in for Marian Laserson
  • The vanished world of Mr Man Tong and his shop at 25 Stanley Avenue, Richmond
  • Why we should not waste effort maintaining this important heritage site
  • Things to see and do at Melville Koppies Nature Reserve and Joburg Heritage site
  • Railway Archaeology in the Great Karoo: Dwyka - Antjieskraal - Ketting
  • Old Malmesbury Mission Church Complex - A question of sustainability

From the Directory

  • Johannesburg Heritage Foundation (JHF)
  • Lennie Gouws - Researcher and Author
  • Franco Frescura Heritage Consultants
  • Cape Town Heritage Foundation (CTHF)
  • Charles Thomas - Antique Furniture Restorers
  • Ladysmith Siege Museum Trust
  • Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa (VASSA)
  • FutureHistories
  • Drakenstein Heritage Foundation (DHF)
  • Old Pretoria East Residents and Ratepayers Alliance (OPERRA)
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