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Port Elizabeth

  • Mastertons Coffee & Tea Specialists: A Century of Family Roasting Heritage (1924-2024)
  • Port Elizabeth - An Abridged History of an Apartheid City
  • John Hamilton Wicksteed - The competent young engineer who came to a sad end
  • Blue plaques celebrate historic sporting moments in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
  • The Blue Plaques of Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) - Part 1
  • Kate’s Legacy - Seeking the family of an abandoned box of beautiful old photographs
  • Merther, Minerals & Migrations - Three generations of the Lavin family
  • A South African Maritime Catastrophe photographed
  • Valuable octant found on beach
  • South Africans shocked at destruction of PE Heritage
  • Major loss for the Donkin Heritage Trail
  • The Forgotten Biscuit King
  • South African Pavement Photographs (1930s to 1960s) - A Nostalgic reflection
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Part 3)
  • 19th Century lettering on buildings
  • A short history of Port Elizabeth's famous Campanile
  • Remembering an Act of 'Utter Barbarism' in Port Elizabeth
  • The Port Elizabeth Railway Station
  • Amazing Photographs of Historic Nedbank Branches
  • Port Elizabeth City Hall was almost demolished

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From our Archive

  • Pilgrim's Rust - Tracing the Tramway
  • The rock engravings at Bosworth farm
  • Our Huguenot Heritage
  • Tracing the 1922 Strike
  • Response by the Egoli Heritage Foundation to Urban Joburg's blog on Painting the Town Pink
  • The Dube Story
  • Digitising Memory: Preserving the Kaapsehoop Historical Cemetery and Village Heritage
  • Health Care workers who died from Spanish Flu
  • Recording Memories – Camera in hand A Philosophical Reflection
  • A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay
  • ABSA's huge plans for the Joburg CBD
  • Surveying the Confidence Reef Mine
  • The Mining Link Connecting Simon van der Stel to Herbert Hoover
  • Saving the Rissik Street Post Office from destruction by fire!
  • Wits Art Museum waits, excitedly

From the Directory

  • The South African Antique, Art & Design Association (SAADA)
  • Rietondale Homeowners and Residents Association (RHOARA)
  • Hilton Steam Heritage Association
  • Reach Archaeology Consulting
  • Boksburg and East Rand Historical Association
  • Simon Green - Anglo-Boer War Expert
  • Marc Latilla - Johannesburg Researcher
  • Liana Jansen - Landscape Architect & Professional Heritage Practitioner
  • Clydesdale Village Association
  • Friends of the General Smuts Foundation
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