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  • This book passes Andrew Mlangeni’s personal story to his descendants and a wider readership
  • Dube's 'Backroom Boy' - The first foot soldier of MK had many names
  • Review of Nokukhanya - Mother of Light

From our Archive

  • A walking tour of historic Durbanville
  • History is not for the Sensitive - HASA comments on the Rhodes Statue Saga
  • Restoring Pietermaritzburg's Old Ireland Building in the late 1970s
  • History of the SAR&H Magazine from 1905 to 1930
  • The impact of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) and its aftermath on the postal history of towns: A case study based on Standerton in the Transvaal
  • Why we should observe Remembrance Day in South Africa
  • Re-imagining the Planetarium as the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome
  • Delville Wood - The costliest action the South African Brigade fought on the Western Front
  • 19th Century lettering on buildings
  • Uitenhage's Evolution 1804-1910
  • The elusive Neilson brothers - Early 20th century deep-level mining photographers
  • Giuseppe Maniscalco's long walk from Ethiopia to South Africa
  • A paper on the origins of the original Witwatersrand Gold Fields with special reference to the Witwatersrand Ridge
  • A Short History of the Battle of Diamond Hill
  • Visual Reflection on Pretoria’s early places of Worship - 1857 to the end of the 1920s

From the Directory

  • NGT Infraco
  • HP Architects & Heritage Architects
  • Barry Pringle Photography
  • Archival Platform
  • Ursula Rigby Architect & Professional Heritage Practitioner
  • Northern Cape Provincial Heritage Authority
  • Susan Jean Taylor
  • Digital Rail Images of South Africa (DRISA)
  • Anglo Zulu War Historical Society
  • Friends of Blaauwberg Conservation Area (FoBCA)
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