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Pietermaritzburg

  • 'The Man behind the Beard' - A sympathetic biography that makes a contribution to the history of South Africa in the 20th century

From our Archive

  • Why we should not waste effort maintaining this important heritage site
  • A Brief History of Windybrow
  • The Face of the Rand Club Bids Farewell (for now)
  • Kenneth Birch and his appreciation of the Witwatersrand Mining landscape
  • Visiting the Historic Palmietkuil South War Cemetery
  • The Men who Made OK Bazaars
  • End of an era for historic mining firm
  • Old Park Station - A heritage site of exceptional significance comes alive again!
  • Dark tourism disaster and the terrible Laingsburg flood of 1981
  • Our Forgotten Heritage – The Beleaguered Blockhouses
  • The Birth of the Union Buildings
  • A hidden gem in the heart of Fourways
  • Finding Job Maseko - It is not Masego, it is Maseko
  • Kgosi Kgaswane and the Bakwena ba Modimosana ba Mmatau of the Tswana People
  • Looking back at the restoration of the Credo Mutwa Cultural Village

From the Directory

  • Historic Bathurst
  • Hardijzer Photographic Research Collection
  • Gauteng Provincial Government - Department of Infrastructure Development - Directorate of Public Healthcare
  • Roodt Architects
  • Modderfontein Conservation Society
  • South African Visual Arts Historians (SAVAH)
  • Knysna Ratepayers Association (KRA)
  • National Heritage Council (NHC)
  • Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Hermanus Ratepayers Association
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