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Pretoria

  • First comprehensive review of the architecture of early apartheid in Pretoria
  • Review of Hidden Pretoria - The best book in this format so far
  • Savour this book and take yourself on a journey through South Africa in 1889
  • An old guide book is a great source for heritage studies
  • Men of the Times - Pioneers of the Transvaal and Glimpses of South Africa (1905)
  • A Look at Two Books by Hannes Meiring

From our Archive

  • A short history of the metrication movement in South Africa
  • Heritage Horror Stories highlighted by new action group
  • A life synopsis intuited from a single Cabinet Card - Thomas Stork (1872-1953)
  • Why Existing Heritage Legislation Is Ineffective - An Issue of a Total Lack of Effective Enforcement & Structure
  • A Novelist in Hermanus
  • How the 'Snail in a Bottle Case' shaped South African Law
  • The Early Beginnings of Knysna's First Farm
  • Scott Brebnor House Midrand - A remarkable reunion between architect and client
  • Tour competition encourages students to explore their city
  • Young Victims Remembered
  • Dr. Beeching, Hero or Villain?
  • Joburg’s market square defined the town
  • Blue Waters: Could Cape Town’s New Heritage Strategy Have Saved It?
  • Richard Thomas Hall - Railwayman in a Remote Part of the Colony
  • The Fate of the Franklin Expedition

From the Directory

  • Cannon Association of South Africa (CAOSA)
  • Strandlopers
  • Brixton Community Forum (BCF)
  • Simon Green - Anglo-Boer War Expert
  • South African Heritage Resource Agency (SAHRA)
  • Docomomo South Africa
  • Lennie Gouws - Researcher and Author
  • Bridget O'Donoghue Heritage Consulting
  • Village Timber
  • Friends of Blaauwberg Conservation Area (FoBCA)
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