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Pietermaritzburg

  • 99 Years of the Ultimate Human Race: A Journey through Comrades History
  • Fort Napier 1843 - 2023 - One of the longest lasting and most peaceful military structures in South Africa
  • The Weeping Cross from Delville Wood
  • Archival Forgery and the Making of 'Zulu Dawn'
  • South Africa’s Three Photographers named Kisch (1863 – 1902)
  • Old clock returns home (in 1978) after 80 years
  • Restoring Pietermaritzburg's Old Ireland Building in the late 1970s
  • Kirti Menon and Gandhi’s legacy
  • Rousing Interest among the Young
  • Using the latest technology to digitise maps and posters at the Kwazulu-Natal Museum
  • Old Images of South Africa's Town Halls
  • What are the Oldest Towns in South Africa?
  • The Famous Foundation Stone without its Building

From our Archive

  • The recovery of an element of Cape Town’s lost transportation heritage
  • William English - From Trapper Boy to Toff
  • Our Huguenot Heritage
  • The Story Behind the Monument to Petrus Molefe
  • STEEL, When Iron Came of Age
  • The Bokoni of Mpumalanga
  • Newtown Workers' Compound commemorates municipal workers
  • Bridge of Wars - The Story of the Bailey Bridge
  • Blockhouses of the South African War
  • What happened in the Potchefstroom concentration camp
  • Ravi Lalla - pillar to post to prosperity in Jeppestown
  • Railways from War's End to Union (1902-1910)
  • What was the Crystal Palace?
  • Barnett's Views of Johannesburg and Suburbs - A window on the world that was early Johannesburg
  • Step into a wagon and go back 200 years

From the Directory

  • Urban and Rural Exploration
  • Totem Media
  • Erica Davison THL
  • South African Naval Heritage Trust (NHT)
  • Heritage Workshop - The Classic Car Specialists
  • Provincial Heritage Resources Authority Gauteng (PHRAG)
  • Roodt Architects
  • Africana Books & Collectibles
  • GLH Architects
  • Free State Heritage Resources Authority (FSHRA)
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Recent Posts

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  • Limited edition set of six historic maps
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