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The Heritage Portal Newsletter #13 2022

The Heritage Portal
Apr 13
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Visiting historic Hanover via Springfontein

A Short History of the Talana Glass Factory

Dark tourism disaster and the terrible Laingsburg flood of 1981 (archive)

The Heritage Portal turns 10

Notices

  • Oldest University Press in South Africa releases Centenary Catalogue of New and Backlist Publications

  • Nomination of candidates to serve as council members of SAHRA

  • Do you need funding for a heritage project?

  • 2022 Annual Golden Shield Heritage Awards Winners Announced

  • Roger Fisher presents at the GIFA Heritage online lecture series

  • Little Foot - Lecture by Prof Ron Clarke - 23 April 2022

  • Visit Goede Hoop Masonic Lodge - 23 April 2022

  • The Ox Wagon - Unique icon of South Africa - 3 May 2022

  • Battle of Ellis Park (Blue Plaque)

  • Get feedback on building plans (The Heritage Directory)

  • Shell House Cape Town (Artefacts)

In other news

  • Judge blocks KZN World Heritage Site land invasion bid

  • Report on the state of South African graveyards

  • Fight for River Club development to continue with another fierce court battle

  • Expect more name changes for towns and streets in South Africa

  • Blue Plaque for Heidelberg’s Standard Bank Building

  • Return to Jeppestown’s City Hall

  • The 100-year-old story of South Africa’s first history book in the isiZulu language

  • This is the sound of the suburbs: A bike essay

  • Earliest evidence for Maya calendar may have been found in Guatemala

  • Meet the 1,300 librarians racing to back up Ukraine’s digital archives

  • See Inside the World’s Skinniest Skyscraper

  • Largest-ever repatriation of cultural artefacts from a Scottish museum given green light

  • End of the line? Vintage train journeys at risk as coal supply fails

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