Family history and genealogy
November 15, 2025
The Sizwe Tropical Disease Hospital is located between Club Street, the N3 highway and Modderfontein Road in Johannesburg. The hospital was built in 1895 and was initially known as the Rietfontein Lazaretto. It treated patients suffering from tuberculosis, leprosy and Read more…
June 9, 2025
The Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo (JCPZ) is re-opening the previously dormant Hamberg Cemetery in Roodepoort on the 12th June 2025. At least 38 of the 42 cemeteries operated by the JCPZ in Gauteng are at full capacity.The 0.65ha cemetery, Read more…
May 7, 2025
Primrose Cemetery in Germiston dates back to 1893. It is the second oldest cemetery in the greater Johannesburg region, after Braamfontein Cemetery. Its 20,000+ graves tell the stories of the early gold mining days, an Anglo-Boer War battle, the 1914 Read more…