The Heritage Portal Newsletter #13 2021
REVIEW OF 'MLAMULANKUNZI: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DICK KING'
THE MAN WHO NEVER SPOKE OF THE WAR
NKOSI MZILIKAZI AND THE NDEBELE
ENGINEERING ADVANCES - FROM DRAWING BOARDS TO BIM
CAPE TOWN FIRES
Priceless academic and research material lost in UCT fire CapeTalk
‘The damage is total’: fire rips through historic South African library and plant collection Nature
Table Mountain fire: Historic buildings destroyed in Cape Town BBC
UCT Library Fire - 'We will weather this storm' UCT Libraries
Descendant of Mostert’s Mill family devastated after blaze destroys landmark Cape Talk
This is what it looks like inside UCT’s gutted Jagger Library IOL
Priceless collections lost as fire destroys UCT Library Cape Argus
Fire damage to historical buildings in Cape Town 'devastating', says Heritage Trust News24
UCT’s intellectual heart ripped out after Jagger Library burns Daily Maverick
DA calls on Nzimande to engage Treasury for funds to help UCT recover from fire damage SABC
NOTICES
Help get this book on Marco Zanuso Architecture in South Africa published
Kleine Oude Upper Wynberg property
Princess Elizabeth Graving Dock 1947 Talk 24 April 2021
Rand Club Tour – “Behind the Scenes’’ with ex General Manager, Charles Drewe
Rand Club Book Day 1 May 2021
IN OTHER NEWS
Push for Ramaphosa to intervene over Robben Island Museum ’mismanagement, lack of action’
Robben Island Museum in 'crisis mode' with 50% salary cuts looming
Mthethwa defies official processes to appoint heritage council administrator at cost of millions
Survey shows billions lost in investment due to erratic heritage application processes
Mostert's Mill Artefacts
How much a luxury train journey will cost you in South Africa
Amazon to set up South African headquarters in R4 billion Cape Town development
Archaeology in West Africa could rewrite the textbooks on human evolution
Museums Around the World Make Renewed Push to Repatriate Benin Bronzes
Site of Julius Caesar’s Assassination Will Be Transformed Into Open-Air Museum
Landmark UK department stores at risk as Covid changes city centres
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