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Soweto

  • Dube's 'Backroom Boy' - The first foot soldier of MK had many names

From our Archive

  • Solving the riddle of the site of all the late 1938 to early 1940s burials in the Brixton Cemetery
  • Three Historic Johannesburg Passes
  • Remarkable historic documents emerge at Hilton auction
  • Johannesburg's Camera Obscura and a world-class photographic collection
  • Restoring Pietermaritzburg's Old Ireland Building in the late 1970s
  • A Historical Narrative of Hangklip and the Development of Pringle Bay
  • New Chapter in the History of the Joburg CBD is upon us
  • Herman Charles Bosman, Joburg man
  • Our Forgotten Heritage – The Beleaguered Blockhouses
  • 16 300 books... and counting
  • Rediscovering the 1947 Royal Visit to South Africa
  • History of Parkmore 1904-1960s
  • Looking back on the restoration of Johannesburg's Old Fort
  • South Africa needs a Fred Dibnah
  • A Short History of the SA Dagger

From the Directory

  • Simon Green - Anglo-Boer War Expert
  • Architects Boers Associates
  • Braamfontein Spruit Trust
  • New Killarney-Riviera Association (NKRA)
  • Gateway Stained Glass
  • James Ball - Heritage Portal Founder
  • Cape's Threatened Buildings
  • Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa (ILASA)
  • Gurney Planning & Design (Pty) Ltd
  • Mpumalanga Heritage
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