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Rock Art

  • Dorothea Bleek: A Life of Scholarship A biography by Jill Weintroub
  • Termites of the Gods - San Cosmology in Southern African Rock Art

From our Archive

  • Newtown Cooling Towers - Preserve or Demolish?
  • A Chance in a Million - Identical photographs found on different continents
  • Inner City Tourism Booming
  • From Bergville to East Africa (1916-1918), never to return…
  • A Short History of one of the oldest houses in South Africa
  • Clara Goad - The Story Behind One of the Earliest Graves in Braamfontein Cemetery
  • Preserving Durban's Art Deco Heritage: The Peter Louis Award Recognises Durban Art Deco Society
  • Health Care workers who died from Spanish Flu
  • How the name of Clarendon Place came about
  • The Father of East London's House
  • Our vanishing heritage – South Africa’s top ten endangered sites 2016
  • The Preservation of Pimville Soweto
  • The Author and the Archaeologist - Agatha Christie and Max Mallowan
  • Five Sneaky Blue Plaques
  • The History of Westcliff

From the Directory

  • Antiquarian Auctions
  • Outeniqua Historical Society
  • Green Point Ratepayers and Residents Association (GPRRA)
  • Agora Consulting
  • Treasure Karoo Action Group (TKAG)
  • Landscape Heritage SA
  • Van Plettenberg Historical Society
  • Panners Kingswood Village Association (PKVA)
  • Northern Cape Provincial Heritage Authority
  • Vernon Systems
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