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  • Review of 'Troubling Images - Visual Culture and the Politics of Afrikaner Nationalism'
  • Review of 20 South African Schools: A Pictorial History

From our Archive

  • A Short History of the Pepper Tree
  • The Forgotten Orphans of the Anglo-Boer War: the Irene and Pietersburg Orphanages
  • The student’s guide to studying heritage in South Africa
  • Red Beret, Red Cross, Red Star - The remarkable story of Lippy Kessel
  • South Africa's Tallest Building in 1933
  • Blue Plaque celebrates Jewish contribution to Muizenberg
  • Isandlwana's Forgotten V.C.
  • The Audience in the Room: Who is Cape Town's Cultural Heritage For?
  • Restoring one of Kimberley's grandest homes in 1976
  • 80 Albert Street - The nerve centre for controlling black people's lives during the early stages of apartheid
  • Henry Fancourt White - Pass-builder Remembered by Golfers
  • When Johannesburg became a City!
  • Neil Fraser - reclamation champion
  • Looking back at the opening of Mapungubwe National Park
  • Why Existing Heritage Legislation Is Ineffective - An Issue of a Total Lack of Effective Enforcement & Structure

From the Directory

  • Heritage Association of South Africa (HASA)
  • FCTEC
  • South African Anglo Boer War Historical Society
  • Westcliff Residents Association (WRA)
  • Wynberg Residents and Ratepayers Association (WRRA)
  • PHS Consulting
  • Van Plettenberg Historical Society
  • Parktown North Residents Association (PNRA)
  • Dannhauser Chronicle
  • Drakenstein Heritage Foundation (DHF)
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