The Heritage Portal Newsletter #15 2025

Anna H Smith - City Librarian, Johannesburg Public Library 1960-1975

Is this home a Herbert Baker design?

Remembering Old Claremont (Archive)

Events

• Expert to lead Modderfontein heritage walk - 17 May 2025

• JHF Big Book Sale 2025 - 17-18 May 2025

• Mansions of Oxford Road - 18 May 2025

• Hout Bay Walking Tour - 18 May 2025

• Groote Schuur Mansion Museum - 23 May 2025

Notices

• Discover the unsung heroes of World War II at South Africa's VE Day exhibition

• VE Day 80: Public supports efforts to raise awareness of Commonwealth WW2 service

• Commemorating the Life and Legacy of Paul Kruger (1825-2025)

• Shell House Cape Town

• These experts can help with Heritage Impact Assessments

In other news

• Ringing in a centenary of Africa’s only carillon musical instrument

• Phones, sweets and sandpaper: a pocket history of cricketers’ unusual items

• 12th-century bronze coins reveal role of Northern Mozambique in Swahili trade history

• A new age for the Victorian village on the edge of the universe

• Submarine museum officially opens in Simon’s Town