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Western Cape

  • Kalk Bay Historical Association at 30 Years
  • 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
  • The Unlikely Birth of the South African Lipizzaner
  • The Audience in the Room: Who is Cape Town's Cultural Heritage For?
  • Iran and South Africa: Naval Interactions of the 1970s
  • Whose Heritage? The Battle over Oude Molen and the Meaning of Heritage in South Africa
  • A Historical Narrative of Hangklip and the Development of Pringle Bay
  • Victorian-era Banknotes of Towns of the South Western Cape
  • In Search of Napoleonic Treasure in the Karoo
  • Three Remarkable Women: A Cape Town Family's Journey from VOC Origins to Australian Gold Rush
  • A Rare View of Cape Town: The 1818 Choris Lithograph
  • How a Jewellery Theft Shaped South African Contract Law
  • 60 Years - The Oukloof Memorial Project Riebeek Kasteel
  • Wupperthal - From Fire to Restoration
  • Obituary: Nicolas Bauman (1952-2025)
  • The Anderson Family of Winchester Mansions
  • South African medical students in Bonnie Scotland during the 1870s
  • The mega move of SAS Assegaai - Africa's first submarine museum
  • Simonstown: A Victorian Photo Album dissected 160 years later

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From our Archive

  • Visiting the Historic Rynsoord Benoni Cemetery
  • Over four thousand traditional Zulu artefacts digitised
  • A short history of the Siege of Elands River Post
  • JHF Responds to UrbanJoburg’s bewareofcolour commentary
  • A Sandstone Architect of Oudtshoorn
  • In the Footsteps of Captain Charles Michell - 3/60th Regiment (King's Royal Rifles)
  • Goodbye Johannesburg, Hello..... (A poem by Mike Alfred)
  • The 1912 super-athlete from South Africa – Kenneth McArthur
  • Heritage Heist - The mystery and intrigue behind Yukon's missing windows
  • The Forgotten Biscuit King
  • William English - From Trapper Boy to Toff
  • Pritchard Street thrives once again!
  • A Bit of Old Barberton 
  • The Legacy of Dr Arthur David Bensusan
  • Mostertshoek - One of South Africa's worst rail accidents

From the Directory

  • Heritage Western Cape (HWC)
  • Greater Vredehoek Heritage Action Group
  • Cindy Postlethwayt Heritage Consultant
  • Dr Dustin A Tusnovics Architect
  • Ancestors Research South Africa
  • Joburg Photowalkers
  • Oral History Association of South Africa (OHASA)
  • The Workplace Agency
  • Adroit Architects & Interiors
  • Makana Residents' Association
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