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International

  • Exploring 'A New History of Photography' through South African Eyes
  • Review of 'Telling stories of pain and hope: Museums in South Africa and Ireland'
  • Review of Traditional Tswana Housing: A Study in Four Villages in eastern Botswana (2nd edition)
  • Children of Hope - This is the book that I would nominate for the non-fiction prize of the year
  • Review of Jackpot Story
  • The Union Castle and the War - This book is one of those unrecognized treasures from the First World War
  • Review of The Quest for Frank Wild
  • This book will make you shed a tear for Walter Hain and his friends lost in battle
  • Journey into Yesterday - South African Milestones in Europe

From our Archive

  • Joseph Kirkman's Missing Manuscript - Can the mystery now be put to rest?
  • Visiting the Historic Victoria West Cemetery
  • Great Mechanical Engineers of the South African Railways & Harbours (Part 1)
  • Circa has landed
  • Sammy Marks Museum - The Survival of a Grand Century Old Estate
  • A lifetime's obsession with Jock of the Bushveld
  • Memories of Grand Prix Racing in Johannesburg in the 1930s
  • Station Life in the Karoo in the Early 1900s
  • Renewed efforts to set Blue Plaque criteria?
  • Adam De Smidt - Gentlemanly Engineer in a tough environment
  • Frescura, with good reason, suggests that conservation in South Africa is a disaster
  • Collecting artefacts in Livingstone via Pandamatenga and Victoria Falls
  • Searching for the Zulu Mass Graves at Kambula
  • The Heritage Portal in numbers (October 2019)
  • Unpacking the complexity behind the decision to demolish the Anton Van Wouw House

From the Directory

  • Western Cape Numismatic Society
  • The Conservation Studio - Albany Museum
  • Hilton Steam Heritage Association
  • South African Institute for Heritage Science and Conservation
  • Stephanie Victor
  • Upper Houghton Residents Association (UHRA)
  • David Manning Stained Glass
  • DK Conservators
  • African Pictures
  • Historic Building Consultants
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