The Heritage Portal Newsletter #14 2021

THE AUTHOR AND THE ARCHAEOLOGIST

THIS BOOK WILL DEFINE THE WATERBERG FOR DECADES TO COME

PLACE OF REFUGE AFTER THE BATTLES OF ISANDLWANA AND RORKES DRIFT

NOTICES

• Help us to restore Mostert’s Mill

• Does anyone recognise the men in this photo?

• More Joburg Than Joburg – The Story of Yeoville 1 May 2021

• Can anyone help uncover some of the history of Bordeaux?

• Cape Travel Books - Offer to the Heritage Community

• Get updates about the state of various UCT collections

• The University of Cape Town and Its Treasures archive

• The mystery trunk of Botha’s Hill

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IN OTHER NEWS

• Early Humans Lived in This South African Cave 2 Million Years Ago, Making It the World’s Oldest Home

• Honouring the librarians and archivists who built UCT’s now-devastated African Studies Library

• Museum offering decolonised history on Cape heritage launched at Castle of Good Hope

• Cave House Masitise, Lesotho Artefacts

• Robben Island Museum denies buildings in ruins, infrastructure decaying 

• Saving Liliesleaf –A Freedom Day appeal and pledge

• City of Tshwane wants control over the Women’s Living Heritage Monument

• Out of a heap of broken images, Chernobyl seeks World Heritage status

• Being named a UNESCO World Heritage site is a big deal — so is losing it

• Residents object to destruction of Durban heritage

• This war graves report shows Britain must face its colonial past with honesty

• The Kok family and the longest trek in South Africa

• A historian identifies the worst year in human history

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