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Memoirs

  • Ufrieda Ho (1973–2026): Remembering a Life Through Paper Sons and Daughters
  • Review of Jackpot Story
  • The Memoirs of Napier Devitt
  • Review of The Ridge of the White Waters
  • This book will make you shed a tear for Walter Hain and his friends lost in battle
  • Battle of the Books - Memoirs of Early Johannesburg
  • Sandton versus Johannesburg

From our Archive

  • Finding the earliest known photographs of Prince Albert in a Johannesburg Charity Shop
  • The man who discovered the Sterkfontein Caves
  • A short sharp history of the Marikana Railway Station, est. 1910
  • Foster Gang: Raiders of the Secret Cave
  • Illegal Dumping Scars Blue Plaque Site
  • Cullinan - The War Years
  • A Celebration of the Life of Robert Rupert Forsyth
  • Ian Hamilton Roberts Scott: Motor Racing Pioneer
  • Mampoer: Documenting South Africa's Traditional Distilling Heritage
  • Modderfontein's Grand Mansion
  • What remains of the Jameson Raid
  • Kenneth Stanley Birch – born in 1914, Johannesburg memorialist
  • Mystery photographs of two forgotten Salvation Army jamborees in South Africa
  • Robben Island Garrison Church - Costly restoration goes horribly wrong
  • London Buses were Red except when they were Green

From the Directory

  • Architects Boers Associates
  • Beyond Heritage
  • Joburg Photowalkers
  • Southern Suburbs Heritage Society
  • Anglo Zulu War Historical Society
  • De Rust Heritage Trust
  • Muizenberg - Then and Now
  • Francois Johannes Cleophas - Sport Historian
  • Five Hundred Year Archive Project
  • Mathakgong Heritage and History
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Recent Posts

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  • Reflection of the Life and Work of Gertruida Brinkman
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  • A Behind the Scenes Guided Tour of Sterkfontein Caves - 21 November 2026
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  • Witnessing History - Correcting my memory of Hastings Ndlovu
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  • Some Angel and Cherub Statues in Braamfontein Cemetery
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