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Local History

  • Review of 'Sandstone Houses of the Eastern Free State'
  • Review of Two Essential Heidelberg Volumes
  • Review of 'The Magaliesberg Heritage Collection'
  • A book that celebrates the glorious heritage of Paarl
  • Review of The Historical Karoo and The Historical Overberg
  • This study is about a moment in time in the Yeoville story
  • This is a book that will define the Waterberg for decades to come
  • Review of 'Cradle of Life - The story of the Magaliesberg and the Cradle of Humankind’
  • Review of The House of Tshatshu - Power, politics and chiefs north-west of the Great Kei River, c1818-2018
  • Review of Pilgrim's Rest Who's Who
  • Review of Secret Johannesburg
  • Review of Durban from its Beginnings to its Silver Jubilee of City Status
  • Diepsloot cannot be ignored if you are a student of Johannesburg
  • Review of The Johannesburg Saga
  • Hidden Histories of Gordonia, Land Dispossession and Resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800-1990
  • The Road Through the Grove - Friendship and adventure along Louis Botha Avenue
  • Homes of the Golden City
  • From Jo'burg to Jozi - Stories about Africa's infamous city
  • Living Amongst the Stars at the Johannesburg Observatory
  • Men of the Times - Pioneers of the Transvaal and Glimpses of South Africa (1905)

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From our Archive

  • Memories of my visits to the Kensington Castle
  • Saintly Sights - Pre 1900s Missionary Photography in South Africa - An Interview
  • SAHRA meets the Bo-Kaap
  • Knysna Gold - How it all started
  • New Lease of Life for Giant Mining Stamp from 1886
  • Requiem to a Johannesburg landmark - The Grand Station Hotel lost to fire
  • Some early Piquetberg farms illustrated by Johannes Cornelius Poortermans
  • Melanie Yap - Chinese voice
  • Joseph Kirkman's Missing Manuscript - Can the mystery now be put to rest?
  • Fire Destroys Johannesburg Heritage Home
  • Brass Plaque reveals a history of a distinguished man and his architectural firm
  • Heroic Efforts to Save the Kimberley City Hall
  • Robert Sobukwe - The shaping of an Africanist at Healdtown Mission Institute
  • Looking back at Johannesburg's Civic Spine controversy
  • TD Ravenscroft and his photography

From the Directory

  • PGS Heritage
  • GLH Architects
  • Constantia Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association
  • Hardijzer Photographic Research Collection
  • Emmett Architects
  • Genealogical Society of South Africa (GSSA)
  • Pinelands History
  • Braamfontein Spruit Trust
  • Modderfontein Conservation Society
  • Pressed Ceilings & Decor by Legacy
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