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Somerset West

  • Blue Waters: Could Cape Town’s New Heritage Strategy Have Saved It?
  • Somerset West Loses an Iconic Heritage Building - The demolition of Blue Waters and the questions it leaves behind
  • Kathy Munro visits Vergelegen
  • The Vergelegen Story Part Three - The Amfarms Restoration and Illustrious Guests
  • The Vergelegen Story Part Two - The Phillips and Barlow Years
  • The Vergelegen Story Part One - Splendid Beginnings and a Period of Decline

From our Archive

  • A short history of the tram lines serving Pretoria and the Union Buildings via Church Square
  • Zulu Dawn - Behind the scenes with Midge Carter
  • Clara Goad - The Story Behind One of the Earliest Graves in Braamfontein Cemetery
  • The Men who Made OK Bazaars
  • Delight at discovering a hidden aspect of Johannesburg - imPRESSed Craft Bindery Letterpress and Studio
  • If only statues could speak: the four Boer statues Kitchener ‘stole’
  • Joburg’s castles
  • The McHardy Family of Cullinan
  • Millbank - The Closest Historic Mill to Johannesburg
  • Fort Napier 1843 - 2023 - One of the longest lasting and most peaceful military structures in South Africa
  • Going Inside the Kensington Castle
  • The Management and Conservation of Heritage Objects housed in State Departments or Supported bodies
  • Merther, Minerals & Migrations - Three generations of the Lavin family
  • Pestilences of the skin – horrible infections, ailments and occupational hazards circa 1927
  • Five Lost Seven Remain: The Carnegie Libraries of South Africa

From the Directory

  • HP Architects & Heritage Architects
  • South African Institute of Architects (SAIA)
  • Glassworks
  • Johannesburg Heritage Foundation (JHF)
  • Eastern Cape Institute of Architects (ECIA)
  • ACO Associates
  • Muizenberg - Then and Now
  • Historical Society of Port Elizabeth
  • Joint Plans Committee East
  • Gauteng Provincial Government - Department of Infrastructure Development - Directorate of Public Healthcare
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  • A Behind the Scenes Guided Tour of Sterkfontein Caves - 21 November 2026
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  • Witnessing History - Correcting my memory of Hastings Ndlovu
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  • Some Angel and Cherub Statues in Braamfontein Cemetery
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