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  • Fire Walker - A beautiful book capturing a new bit of city history in the making
  • Get this book if you collect South African maps

From our Archive

  • Meandering along the Sea Point Promenade
  • Remember the 26th of September: The Battle of Sandfontein
  • Step into Victorian Joburg
  • The Gold Rushes of the Victorian Era
  • Pretoria Railway Station depicted on early Picture Postcards
  • A Brief History of Parkview
  • Isandlwana - Durnford's Last Stand
  • Looking back at the Roeland Street Prison
  • Sandton and Randburg 1939-1969 - Experiments in Local Government
  • A reflection on the South African Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) -  1902 to the 1930's
  • The South African who gave the world the deep level underground railway
  • Plague, Gandhi and the Parliamentary Clerk's Daughter
  • The contested but pivotal legacy of missionary education in South Africa
  • Blue Plaque celebrates Freemasons Hall, Parktown
  • The elusive Neilson brothers - Early 20th century deep-level mining photographers

From the Directory

  • Mandela Bay Heritage Trust (MBHT)
  • Vidamemoria Heritage Consultants
  • Tsimba Archaeological Footprints
  • Lennie Gouws - Researcher and Author
  • The Workplace Agency
  • Association for Southern African Professional Archaeologists (ASAPA)
  • Benoni Heritage Society
  • Eugene Barnard - Indwe Researcher
  • Collectors Treasury
  • Swellendam Heritage Association (SHA)
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