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  • Is the Claim of 'Oldest School in South Africa' Legitimate?
  • What are the Oldest Towns in South Africa?

From our Archive

  • Carl von Brandis - The Father of Johannesburg
  • A personal tribute to Marcus Holmes
  • Embellishing an icon - Artists and the Union Buildings
  • Hermanus Lombard and the death of Captain Elliot
  • This is the story of how and why I became the author of "Die Jeppe Story" by Herbert A. Peschel
  • Finding Job Maseko - It is not Masego, it is Maseko
  • Tait House Benoni Inspires
  • Schroder House - The oldest documented dwelling in South Africa
  • Johannesburg as seen through the eyes of a young schoolboy in the late 1940s, early 1950s and later as a young married man in the early 1960s
  • Hidden Treasures of the Riemland
  • Workmen Discover Hidden Steps and Centuries Old Post Office Stones in 1906
  • The Origins of William Nicol Drive
  • Rising from the Ashes - The 1926 Restoration of Groot Constantia
  • Visiting the Historic Harrismith Cemetery
  • Exploring the Syringa Tree

From the Directory

  • Ulwazi Programme
  • Nuuseum
  • Michael Hart Architects & Urban Designers
  • Charles Thomas - Antique Furniture Restorers
  • Swellendam Heritage Association (SHA)
  • Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre
  • Jim Hislop - Property Historian: Cape Town Property Histories
  • Graaff Reinet Heritage Society
  • Alberton Heritage Society
  • Northern Cape Provincial Heritage Authority
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