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Soweto

  • Life in exile for the teenagers who survived June 16th
  • Hector Pieterson gets his memorial
  • A Bloody Riot in Soweto in 1957
  • Where are the 'singing tomorrows' of the Freedom Charter?
  • The charter of ‘singing tomorrows’
  • Charles Rhangani Furumele - meeting ends for the children
  • June 16, 1976 - 'This is our day'
  • Hector's sister tells the story still
  • Disappeared June 16 victim Mbuyisa Makhubu to be honoured
  • The home of jailed activist Seth Mazibuko
  • Looking back at the restoration of the Credo Mutwa Cultural Village
  • The History of Soccer in Jozi
  • Hastings Ndlovu's day too
  • Soweto Theatre speaks in many languages
  • The Dube Story
  • Winnie's pain and torture in prison
  • The Preservation of Pimville Soweto
  • Johannesburg's Beerhalls Crisis
  • The Story Behind the Monument to Petrus Molefe

From our Archive

  • Battles in the Magaliesberg
  • Unicorns in the Stormberg - New light on an old mystery
  • South Africa is an ideal destination for heritage railway tourism
  • Farewell to one of South Africa's great architects
  • The Men who Made OK Bazaars
  • A short history of the Battle of Kalkheuwel
  • 16 300 books... and counting
  • Building Africa's Tallest Building - The Leonardo, Sandton
  • Hidden arcade re-emerges after four and a half decades
  • A Remarkable Journey Inside the Johannesburg City Hall (Gauteng Legislature)
  • Potch pets in old pictures
  • The Mill Hill Story
  • Clarendon Circle - Then and Now
  • Busting Out - Transplanting the heart of Johannesburg in the 1960s
  • Recent must have Johannesburg books for your book collection

From the Directory

  • Northern Cape Provincial Heritage Authority
  • KZN Family History Society
  • Hermanus History Society
  • Geological Society of South Africa (GSSA)
  • Limpopo Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (LIHRA)
  • Yeoville and Bellevue Ratepayers Association
  • Irene Village Hall
  • Docomomo South Africa
  • Sticky Situations
  • Jim Hislop - Property Historian: Cape Town Property Histories
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