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Carmel Schrire

  • From Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town

From our Archive

  • A short history of the metrication movement in South Africa
  • New publication highlights Africa’s remarkable geology
  • The fascinating story behind one of Sandton's oldest shops
  • Some West Coast Memorials and Monuments
  • Interpreting Historical South African Photographs (1860s – 1970s)
  • Saving the Rissik Street Post Office from destruction by fire!
  • Early Panoramic Johannesburg
  • He changed the shape of the Cape coast
  • Postmortem Photography in South Africa
  • The Poster Age, 1968-1972 - Plastering the Campus red and blue and black
  • Commemorating the Brave – The World War I Cenotaph at Victoria Falls
  • Foster Gang: Raiders of the Secret Cave
  • Looking back at the Roeland Street Prison
  • Finding the grave of Nat Nakasa in New York
  • Battlefields Route – Koppies to Kroonstad

From the Directory

  • Arcadia Residents and Ratepayers Association (ARRA)
  • ICOMOS SA
  • Makana Residents' Association
  • Muizenberg Heritage
  • Fort Beaufort Heritage Revive
  • Adroit Architects & Interiors
  • Bronzing Brilliance
  • Greenside Residents Association (GRA)
  • Knysna Historical Society
  • Craig McClenaghan Architecture
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