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Cape Town

  • Review of 'Much Water under Many Bridges'
  • 'The Man behind the Beard' - A sympathetic biography that makes a contribution to the history of South Africa in the 20th century
  • Review of 'Tavern of the Seas: The Unseen Years 1935-1955'
  • The Silver Tea Service - A memoir dipped in mystery
  • I am now the delighted owner of the second edition of Early Architects of Cape Town
  • Review of 'A History of the Iziko South African National Gallery: Reflections on Art and National Identity'
  • Review of Cape Town: Then and Now
  • Review of Building Apartheid on Architecture and Order in Imperial Cape Town
  • Review of Hidden Cape Town - The book is a visual feast
  • From Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town
  • The First Serious Study of the Life and Work of Nita Spilhaus
  • The Early Architects of Cape Town and their buildings (1820-1926)
  • Viewpoints - The University of Cape Town and Its Treasures
  • Battle of the Books - Robben Island
  • The Old Hotels of Cape Town (1890-1911) by Michael Walker

From our Archive

  • Simonstown: A Victorian Photo Album dissected 160 years later
  • Ken Boffard - wrestling the Grim Reaper
  • The Grange - The story of a famous farm in Griqualand West
  • Henry Fancourt White - Pass-builder Remembered by Golfers
  • Our City Fathers ought to be Protecting and Defending Joubert Park
  • The Story Behind the Tower of Light
  • The Ponte Saga
  • Hidden arcade re-emerges after four and a half decades
  • The system has failed to achieve its purpose
  • Gone but not Forgotten - Johannesburg's oldest Mosque
  • A short history of Mamre's Moravian Mission Station
  • Nukain Mabuza’s Painted Rock Garden on the main road between Kaapmuiden and Barberton
  • Benguela - More than just a current
  • Sandton has a new tallest building!
  • Explorer William Burchell – ecologist with a vision

From the Directory

  • Nuuseum
  • KEIM Mineral Paint and Plaster Systems of Southern Africa
  • Hermanus Ratepayers Association
  • Alberton Heritage Society
  • Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation
  • Mathakgong Heritage and History
  • Mira Fassler Kamstra - Retired
  • City Bowl Ratepayers and Residents Association (CIBRA)
  • South African Military History Society
  • Old Wynberg Village Society
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  • How the Village of Rhodes Became a Heritage Area
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