The Heritage Portal Newsletter #18 2022
The Battle of Nooitgedacht - The biggest battle fought in the Magaliesberg
Tender Notice & Invitation to Tender - Service provider to develop the concept, the content & the design of a permanent exhibition at Elands Bay Museum
The Soldier who Built a Splendid Mountain Road
Events & Notices
GIfA Heritage Talk - Mohandas Gandhi, Sonja Schlessin and Hermann Kallenbach - 25 May 2022
Kobus van Wyk leads visit to The Old Granary - 26 May 2022
How South African Scientists Studied Race - Lecture 27 May 2022
Centenary Object and Lecture: Gold-Bearing Quartz. Lecture by Prof Richard Viljoen - 28 May 2022
Rampant Rebellion of 1914 in the OFS and Transvaal - 28 May 2022
Talk on Art Deco Ships - 29 May 2022
Biography of South Africa’s most iconic dinosaur - Robert Broom Memorial Lecture 2022 - 30 May 2022
Launch of the new book 'Illustrated History of Hartbeespoort Dam' - 7 June 2022
Service provider needed to develop the concept, the content & the design of a permanent exhibition at Elands Bay Museum
Massive Sale at Bookdealers Paradise in Northcliff Corner
New Cape History Library needs books
Explosion at Begbie's Foundry (Blue Plaque)
Graffiti Removal (The Heritage Directory)
In other news
Government’s R22m flag project flies into a storm of criticism
‘History repeating’: Amazon base in Cape Town splits Indigenous groups
A decision by Europe to protect Rooibos is now attracting tea tourists to the Cederberg
Oranjezicht shelter in desperate need of funds to repair building
Learn about Modderfontein history
White House Hotel Cape Town (Artefacts)
Another blue plaque for Heidelberg
The collectors who won’t let go of their DVDs and videos
Construction Workers Uncover Massive 800-Year-Old Aztec Dwelling in Mexico City
Rare stone circle found at prehistoric ritual site in Cornwall
Archaeologists Unearth 3,000-Year-Old Giant Statues in Sardinian Necropolis
Senegal is decolonising its heritage, and in the process reclaiming its future
The Colourful History of the World’s First Gummy Bears