The Heritage Portal Newsletter #17 2022

An Unusual 1954 Railway Map of South Africa

Review of 'Much Water under Many Bridges'

New Architectural Competition for Cape Town

A Celebration of the Life of Robert Rupert Forsyth

Notices

• Art & Architecture Books - 50% off at Collectors Treasury

• Heritage Mansion in Troyeville For Sale

• The Rand Club and its Old But Interesting Neighbours - 14 May 2022

• Book Launch - Archives of Times Past: Conversations about South Africa’s Deep History - 14 May 2022

• Legends and Graves of the Amathole - 17 May 2022

• Modderfontein Blue Plaque Unveiling and Heritage Walk - 21 May 2022

• The Carnival Court - A Long Street Heritage Walking Tour - 22 May 2022

• Commemoration of Peace Treaty of Vereeniging (120 Years)

• New tours, events and activations at iconic 44 Main Street

• Commemoration of Peace Treaty of Vereeniging (120 Years)

• SS Mendi Memorial Rondebosch (Artefacts)

• Barnato Park Gates (Blue Plaque)

• Tours & Excursions (The Heritage Directory)

In other news

• Restoration of Wits Great Hall

• Chapman's Peak Centenary Special: A curvy and bumpy road to get here

• SAHRA vs Makaziwe Mandela-Amuah case put on hold

• Amazon’s R4 billion SA headquarters suffers a Major Blow

• South Africa to spend R22 million on 100-metre tall flag

• The 12 Most Beautiful College Campuses Around the World

• Archive sheds new light on Tutankhamun discovery, 100 years on

• An old soldier is dancing in heaven tonight

• Rhodes University's fledgling heritage course celebrates the sector reopening after two years of lockdown

• Google becomes home to priceless Timbuktu manuscripts

• Rare ‘Wicked’ bible that encourages adultery discovered in New Zealand

• Mozambique: The modernist safari

• Defending Ukraine’s modernist architecture