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  • Review of Book Collecting in South Africa
  • Collecting with Denis Godfrey
  • Battle of the Books - Treasures of the Africana Museum versus Pictorial History of Johannesburg
  • Viewpoints - The University of Cape Town and Its Treasures
  • Two books by the man who shaped the collections of the Johannesburg City Library

From our Archive

  • What are the Oldest Towns in South Africa?
  • What did Johannesburg look like in 1889?
  • Pilgrim's Rust - Tracing the Tramway
  • The Wagner-Hoffa Legacy: A Tale of Two Scientific Pioneers from Richmond
  • Asian food snails in Zoo Lake - A living legacy of Chinese indentured labourers on the gold fields of 1904?
  • Celebrating the remarkable life of Herbert Prins
  • Oxford to Cambridge: The Revival of Britain's Varsity Line
  • Things to see and do at Melville Koppies Nature Reserve and Joburg Heritage site
  • Remember the 26th of September: The Battle of Sandfontein
  • A Short History of the Battle of Dwarsvlei
  • Forty Years Later... SAS Protea and the Kaiyo Maru
  • Ravi Lalla - pillar to post to prosperity in Jeppestown
  • The Saga of the planned major SAR & H Museum that never was
  • Charles Davidson BellĀ - Renaissance Man at the Cape
  • Perished South African Iron Sentinels - A Photographic Portfolio of Wind, Water, and Steel

From the Directory

  • Benoni - History Now & Then
  • Arkhitekton
  • Linares Architects and Associates
  • South African Athletics Heritage Group
  • Joburg Photowalkers
  • Limpopo Provincial Heritage Resources Authority (LIHRA)
  • 1820 Settlers Community Group
  • Michael Hart Architects & Urban Designers
  • Heritage Potchefstroom Erfenis
  • Africa Media Online
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