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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

  • A Monument to South African Friendship - Gandhi and Kallenbach
  • Wits has not destroyed the old showground of Milner Park
  • Sophiatown land claim payments top R21m
  • Edward Jenner: The Man Who Saved More Lives Than Any Person in History
  • Remembering Chris van Wyk, Riverlea’s storyteller
  • Clara Goad - The Story Behind One of the Earliest Graves in Braamfontein Cemetery
  • A Dutch Accolade from a Field Ambulance volunteer praising a Boer war officer
  • Neil Fraser - reclamation champion
  • Vandalised headstones in Brixton Cemetery
  • Charles Rhangani Furumele - meeting ends for the children
  • Potchefstroom's Gunpowder Magazine: From Military Necessity to Heritage Site
  • Early Panoramic Johannesburg
  • Victorian-era Banknotes of Towns of the South Western Cape
  • Nukain Mabuza’s Painted Rock Garden on the main road between Kaapmuiden and Barberton
  • Where else can you cross paths with Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi in one day?

From the Directory

  • Hearth Heritage
  • Bosele Tours Alexandra
  • ARCON Conservation Architects & Spatial Heritage Consultants
  • South African Visual Arts Historians (SAVAH)
  • Barry Pringle Photography
  • Kate Otten Architects
  • The South African Antique, Art & Design Association (SAADA)
  • Parkhurst Residents' and Business Owners' Association (PRABOA)
  • Melville Residents Association (MRA)
  • Pinelands Ratepayers and Residents Associations (PRRA)
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