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Upper Houghton

  • Beyond the Narrative of Decay: The Real Story of Young Avenue, Upper Houghton
  • The passing of Malcolm Freeland marked the end of an era of old Johannesburg
  • Much More than a Mafia: Mavericks, Mentors, and Medical Maestros. The considerable contribution of St John’s College to Medicine
  • St John’s College, Johannesburg, and the Spanish flu of 1918
  • Deanery then, Koekfontein now - The story of a grand home in Upper Houghton
  • Three Historic Johannesburg Passes

From our Archive

  • A personal tribute to Marcus Holmes
  • Celebrating Chinese New Year in Cyrildene
  • The Hill Sign at Little Falls turns 100
  • Fire at Parliament: Statement from the Heritage Association of South Africa (HASA)
  • The Pyrites Panic - When one in three citizens left Johannesburg
  • The Eccentric Engineer
  • Parkhurst House had enough explosives to ‘blow up Johannesburg’
  • German connections and the overall significance of the Yeoville Water Tower
  • The contested but pivotal legacy of missionary education in South Africa
  • Whose Heritage? The Battle over Oude Molen and the Meaning of Heritage in South Africa
  • Researchers excited by exceptional photographic find
  • British Ammunition Expenditure / Kill Ratio at the Battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift
  • Disappeared June 16 victim Mbuyisa Makhubu to be honoured
  • The man behind one of South Africa's largest private photographic collections - Q&A with Carol Hardijzer
  • Spectacular old photographs of Joburg from above

From the Directory

  • Models n Maps
  • ACO Associates
  • Bridget O'Donoghue Heritage Consulting
  • Bela Bela Heritage
  • Gauteng Institute for Architecture (GIfA) Heritage Committee
  • Old Wynberg Village Society
  • Cornelius Lehr Antiquarian Horologist
  • James Mpanza Legacy Foundation
  • African Centre for Heritage Activities (ACHA)
  • Parktown Association
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