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Melvin Baker

  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Epilogue)
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Part 3)
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Part 2)
  • Life as a POW - May 1941-45 (Part 1)

From our Archive

  • The Birth of the Union Buildings
  • City of Joburg honours the first national publication aimed solely at a black readership
  • The Significance of Beacons and Boundaries
  • Johannesburg's Beerhalls Crisis
  • Mampoer: Documenting South Africa's Traditional Distilling Heritage
  • Scandal brewing in Barberton
  • The History of Early Gaols in Johannesburg and the Development of The Johannesburg Fort
  • Subway mural brings Fietas alive (in 2010)
  • Val - A tiny place with big history
  • Old, New and Newest in Braamfontein
  • Flo Bird - Joburg’s diminutive dynamite
  • Bygone fortune seeker and rail restauranteur Theodor Fiebiger
  • Hunter and hunted photographed - Early South African hunting photographs (1860s to 1910)
  • Ten Sites Every Roman Britain Enthusiast Should Visit
  • A stroll through the Eastern Joburg suburbs of Orchards, Maryvale, Sydenham and Orange Grove

From the Directory

  • Johannesburg Urban Forest Alliance (JUFA)
  • Van Biljon Barnardo Architects
  • Edwin Conroy - Genalogist
  • Greater Vredehoek Heritage Action Group
  • ICOM-SA
  • Lower Albany Historical Society (LAHS)
  • Mathakgong Heritage and History
  • Jeremy Hazell Universal Access Consultant
  • Amathole Museum
  • 1820 Settlers Community Group
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