Skip to main content
The Heritage Portal - Voice of South Africa's Heritage Community - Home Page
Menu
  • Home
    • Home
    • About us
    • Send us news and notices
  • Heritage Directory
    • Heritage Directory
    • About
    • Benefits
    • Join
    • Member features
  • Articles
  • Reviews
  • Threads
  • Blue Plaques
    • Blue Plaques
    • Add plaque
  • Newsletter
  • Donate

Westcliff

  • The History of Westcliff
  • Westcliff Stairs honoured with Blue Plaques
  • Remembering the launch of the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation
  • Flo Bird - house by house, street by street
  • A horologist, but much more

From our Archive

  • This is the story of how and why I became the author of "Die Jeppe Story" by Herbert A. Peschel
  • The Original High Speed Rail - The Great Western Main Line between London & Bristol
  • Nkosi Mzilikazi and the Ndebele
  • The history and restoration of Harare's oldest house
  • Let’s Play - South African children photographed with their Victorian & Edwardian toys
  • Remembering the end of the tramcar era
  • A short history of the tram lines serving Pretoria and the Union Buildings via Church Square
  • Bygone fortune seeker and rail restauranteur Theodor Fiebiger
  • SA removes sites from the UNESCO world heritage tentative list
  • Water, water... everywhere - Johannesburg's streams and rivers
  • The Silences around the Makapan Cave Siege of 1854
  • John Gamble - Maths Prodigy who Preferred Engineering
  • The Natal Volunteer Indian Ambulance Services in the Boer War - Legend and Reality
  • The early history of Port Nolloth
  • Markhams' battle for survival

From the Directory

  • Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries
  • Wynberg East Civic Association (WECA)
  • Heritage Mossel Bay
  • Observatory Civic Association (OCA)
  • Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa (ILASA)
  • Totem Media
  • Talana Museum
  • Durban Walking Tours
  • The Workplace Agency
  • A J Renovatum
Search Directory

Recent Posts

  • Limited edition set of six historic maps
    Notice
  • Can anyone help me complete my run of Lantern?
    Notice
  • Does anyone know the history of 'Hen & Chicken'
    Notice
  • Tour of Northwards with Neil Viljoen - 11 October 2026
    Notice
  • The Books that Made Africana Matter
    Notice
More Content

Many photos are submitted by heritage enthusiasts across the country. Please do not use these photos without permission from the copyright holder.

Burtronix: Enterprise Drupal Website Development

More Sites by Burtronix

  • Freight News
  • Wits Business School
  • www.gov.za
  • Travel News
  • Vuk'uzenzele
  • Wits School of Governance
  • Public Sector Manager
  • Tourism Update
  • EngineerIT
  • GCIS
  • SAnews
  • Energize