The Heritage Portal Newsletter #18 2024
Blue plaques and a new heritage route for Jeppe Boys
Spies, spices, scurvy, and a small map of Madagascar
Killarney is stylish living (archive)
Events
City walk – history, art and architecture - 11 May 2024
The Natal Road through Glenthorpe including the notorious chute and slide - 11 May 2024
Fact and Fable walk around Modderfontein - 18 May 2024
Campbell Road - Classic Parktown With A Twist - 18 May 2024
Gardens of the Golden City - Shepstone Gardens - 19 May 2024
South Africa’s National Library - 22 May 2024
Notices
Winner of the 2024 Mpumalanga Heritage Award
British Occupation of Johannesburg (Blue Plaque)
Impala Stampede (Public Art)
Fort Durnford, Estcourt (Artefacts)
Public Protest – Re-open Our Library!
In other news
Lengthy and complicated construction lies ahead in R3bn Parliament rebuild
Blaze inquiry report lays blame at feet of City of Johannesburg officials
New memorial to commemorate the forgotten South African dead of World War I
SANRAL gets down to the bones of heritage tourism in Eastern Cape
BHP bombshell puts South African mining in a hole