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Iran and South Africa: Naval Interactions of the 1970s

The multinational naval exercise WILL FOR PEACE, hosted by the South African Navy in Simon’s Town, brought the navies of China, Russia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates to Cape waters in January 2026.

 
  • The Dean Goods: The Little Engine That Went To War
  • Heritage in South Africa Since 1994: Civil Society at the Frontline
  • South African Gates of Yore – A Photographic Portfolio
  • A Historical Narrative of Hangklip and the Development of Pringle Bay
  • The South African Footprint in Parliament Square, London
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Book Review: Samuel Daniell: A Life of an Artist in Southern Africa and Ceylon, 1799–1811

Michael Stevenson’s Samuel Daniell: A Life of an Artist in Southern Africa and Ceylon, 1799–1811 stands as a work of rare distinction: sumptuous in production, meticulous in scholarship, and deeply rewarding in intellectual substance.

 
  • Review: Halcyon Days: Passenger Liners in the 1940s and 1950s
  • Review: A Brief Look into the History of South African Cycling, and Other Interesting Facts
  • Review: Deborah Posel’s Darker Shade of Pale: Shtetl to Colony
  • A Review of John Stewart’s Sir Herbert Baker
  • Review: A Guidebook to Sites of Geological and Mining Interest on the Central Witwatersrand
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Architects Baker Masey & Sloper

Main structure: 1904

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