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  • South Africa's World Record Breaking Train!

From our Archive

  • Victorian-era Banknotes of Towns of the South Western Cape
  • The Place of Kasteelberg in Khoekhoe History
  • Mystery photographs of two forgotten Salvation Army jamborees in South Africa
  • Markhams Building and the Cape Town Connection
  • Norscot Manor - Built on a scale few could afford today!
  • Stories from a Diamond Mine - The Early Days
  • Remembering, not forgetting: A visit to Sandstone Estates
  • Sandton and Randburg 1939-1969 - Experiments in Local Government
  • Potchefstroom railway station destroyed by fire
  • Johannesburg panoramas – a tour of note with Chipkin and Munro
  • Ten Forgotten Buildings of Johannesburg
  • What are the Oldest Towns in South Africa?
  • Commemorating Sir Herbert Baker's last building in South Africa
  • Was there really a Mushroom Farm in Sandton Central?
  • Questions on the origins of the name 'Witwatersrand'

From the Directory

  • Origins Centre, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Tony Westby-Nunn
  • Reach Archaeology Consulting
  • Andy Selfe - Millwright
  • Cindy Postlethwayt Heritage Consultant
  • Western Cape Museum Educator Group
  • Friends of the Knysna Libraries
  • South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation
  • Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre
  • Amafa / Heritage KwaZulu Natal
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