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Amandelboom: the South African community that took the road to Rehoboth
Williston’s older name opens a history of faith, grazing land and a community’s search for security. Its journey north belongs in South Africa’s Heritage Month.


An Owl House, a mountain village and a very large pineapple
An artist’s house, mist-country horses and a very large pineapple.


Five Cape Town museums worth giving a proper afternoon
Choose a collection to match your curiosity.


Die Hel: the road in, the people who left, and the family who returned
A living farm at the end of a mountain road.


Heidelberg’s locked museum needs a route back into public life
Paying to guard a deteriorating public building cannot be the whole strategy.


A family grave should be a place to return to
A burial place deserves protection through every political argument.


Five hundred braai fires, and somebody will still move the tongs
Loftus is preparing a record attempt. The advice may set a record too.


A future for Pretoria’s old Staatsmuseum
A historic building will keep deteriorating while its next use remains unresolved.


Red Location needs a plan that reaches beyond its walls
A proposal to revive the New Brighton site returns attention to a long closure.
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