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Travel

  • Book Review of 'The 2Summers #Gauteng52 Challenge'
  • Review of Jackpot Story
  • Savour this book and take yourself on a journey through South Africa in 1889
  • Review of The Ridge of the White Waters
  • Here is a fascinating account of what South Africa was like in 1889
  • "Early One Sunday Morning I decided to Step out and Find South Africa" by Luke Alfred

From our Archive

  • Great Mechanical Engineers of the South African Railways & Harbours (Part 1)
  • Looking back on the restoration of Johannesburg's Old Fort
  • Reflections on the end of World War I and the impact of war
  • William Cuthbert Holloway - The Soldier who Built a Splendid Mountain Road
  • Who was the Douglas in Douglasdale?
  • The Story Behind the Oudstryders Monument
  • The Pretoria Station Swastika Debate
  • A Royal Rapport, How the Windsors met a Hohenzollern in Queenstown
  • You say football I say soccer
  • History of the Ditsong National Museum of Military History
  • Why we should not waste effort maintaining this important heritage site
  • Partnership with Pabst - The Restoration of the Joki House
  • Surveying the buildings of Paarl (in 1980)
  • The Klass Brothers - seven storeys of cultural history
  • The Village and Buildings of Cullinan

From the Directory

  • Johan van Heerden - Researcher
  • Bibliophile
  • Hearth Heritage
  • Knysna Ratepayers Association (KRA)
  • Pretoria Institute for Architecture (PIA)
  • Cape Town Family History Society
  • Asha Consulting
  • Mpumalanga Heritage
  • Estelle Liebenberg-Barkhuizen - Paper Conservator
  • Clare Chappel Urban Designer, Architect, Storyteller
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