The Heritage Portal Newsletter #12 2022
The Silences around the Makapan Cave Siege of 1854
Check out the growing Blue Plaques database
The Early Vision for the Johannesburg Art Gallery
Notices
Save the Date for the 2022 HASA Symposium
Calling all archaeological faunal specialists - Job opportunity
Notice of a Heritage Impact Assessment - Proposed Demolition of the Buffalo River Bridge
Talk on Sir Herbert Baker and his home in Owletts in Kent
Rand Club Antiques, Book Faire & Artisanal Market
Visit La Motte before it closes for major building work
Bantu World - The first national publication aimed solely at a black readership (Blue Plaque)
Archaeological Excavation (The Heritage Directory)
Eiffel Tower Replica Bloemfontein (Artefacts)
Social History Tour of The Castle of Good Hope
In other news
City of Johannesburg ‘exploring all possible avenues’ to rescue Joburg Art Gallery
Once vibrant Joburg Art Gallery is crumbling into ruin
Former JAG Director says gallery should be moved
Battle for the preservation of historic building in Sea Point
Remember the Stables market in Durban? Look at it now
Developer of Amazon offices vows to continue legal fight
Parliament building is still a restoration in progress three months after devastating fire
South African History Archive relaunched at Wits
Cape Town public pool reopens after R28m renovation
Kalk Bay residents move to block businessman from ‘privatising historic public beach area’
Minerals Council SA follows its members’ exodus from the Joburg CBD
We trash our modernist heritage on a whim: why is Britain so in thrall to the wrecking ball?
University Of York: New Research Centre To Reassess Cultural Heritage Around The World
Tokyo's iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower to be demolished
Such a misleading intro to the Makapan Cave article. I couldn’t find a single hint as to what the then PhD student discovered/revealed. Perhaps a follow up article could expand on what was discovered. And why no oral histories seem to have been recorded.