The Heritage Portal Newsletter #25 2022
Charles Jasper Selwyn - Military Engineer who left his mark on the Eastern Cape
The Lost World of Denver Station
Book now for the Delville Wood Commemorative Weekend
We will be away for a couple of weeks. See you then for more heritage news, notices & events.
Notices
Can you help us transcribe this old interview?
What can I do with an antique elephant's foot umbrella stand?
New Book - The Nguni of the Makhathini Flats
NHC’s Call for Funding of Heritage Projects extended
Book now for the Mooifontein Public Archaeology Project
Heritage Western Cape Submission Process - Effective 1 August 2022
Telling stories about a world from 250 million years ago - 12 July 2022
Rededication of the Cambridge War Memorial - 17 July 2022
Stakeholder Engagement Specialist Opportunity
Does anyone have photographs of the Cape Town Irish Rifles circa 1885
Kyalami Castle (Artefacts)
Cosmopolitan Hotel (Blue Plaque)
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In other news
A ‘slap in the face’ for Struggle icons – thieves and vandals trample the sacred history of Soweto’s Avalon Cemetery
Six months later and there is still no word on investigations into the fire at Parliament
University of Pretoria researcher and curator sheds new light on Mapungubwe
How the music of an ancient rock painting was brought to life
All about the history of lighthouses in South Africa
Legendary television and stage actor pays homage to South African men who sacrificed their lives at Battle of Delville Wood
Leslie London and Tauriq Jenkins respond to claims made by Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust
Barbed barricade blocks access to historic Cape Town garden ensnared in Parliament security saga
'Ancestral Voices' - an opportunity to read the words of your ancestors
Why I Became a Member of the Rand Club
Pierneef, a top-ten African artist at auction, gets his own sale at Strauss & Co in July
The Man Who Invented Water Skiing
Inside a Trailblazing Surgeon’s Quest to Reconstruct WWI Soldiers’ Disfigured Faces