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Northern Cape

  • Review of The Historical Karoo and The Historical Overberg
  • Learn about hidden vernacular treasures with this book in hand
  • Inside Kimberley - Paul Duncan and Alain Proust have done it again!
  • Hidden Histories of Gordonia, Land Dispossession and Resistance in the Northern Cape, 1800-1990
  • Bird of Paradise - The Story of José Dale Lace
  • One of the Earliest Biographies of Barney Barnato

From our Archive

  • A Transvaal Colony Dog Tag from 1903
  • Memories of Rivonia in the 1960s
  • South African Pavement Photographs (1930s to 1960s) - A Nostalgic reflection
  • Why Existing Heritage Legislation Is Ineffective - An Issue of a Total Lack of Effective Enforcement & Structure
  • Memories of Parktown Preparatory School (PTPS)
  • A Lengthy Railway Journey in 1889
  • Giuseppe Maniscalco's long walk from Ethiopia to South Africa
  • Rising from the Ashes - The 1926 Restoration of Groot Constantia
  • German Relics in the Eastern Cape
  • Behind the Lens - 50 plus German-born photographers active in South Africa between 1846 and 1915
  • Hermann Schutte - Designer of South Africa's First Lighthouse
  • A Short History of the SA Dagger
  • Cape Colony Convict Stations and Road Construction Crews
  • A short history of the tram lines serving Pretoria and the Union Buildings via Church Square
  • Killarney is stylish living

From the Directory

  • Hardijzer Photographic Research Collection
  • Morbid Musings - Marie-Louise Rouget
  • Ubique Heritage Consultants
  • African Pictures
  • Anglo Zulu War Historical Society
  • Italcotto Roofing
  • Archival Platform
  • Brian McKechnie - Architect & Heritage Consultant
  • Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa (VASSA)
  • Mayat Hart Architecture
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