The Heritage Portal Newsletter #19 2022

A book that celebrates the glorious heritage of Paarl

Service provider needed to develop the concept, the content & the design of a permanent exhibition at Elands Bay Museum

Delville Wood Commemorative Weekend

A Transvaal Colony Dog Tag from 1903

Notices

• Nomination and proposed declaration of Kasteelberg as a Provincial Heritage Site

• Wits University Press - Centenary Book Sale

• Finding the Dead from the 1922 Strike - Talk by SJ de Klerk

• The fascinating saga and enigma of Coenraad de Buys (1761-1821)

• Tour of two of Parktown’s grand mansions - 4 June 2022

• Virtual Book Launch - Illustrated History of Hartbeespoort Dam - 11 June 2022

• Bear Lodge Upper Houghton (Blue Plaque)

• Burial Rescue & Exhumation (The Heritage Directory)

• Railway Station Pietermaritzburg (Artefacts)

In other news

• A new chapter for old High Street, Hermanus

• Wonderful Wupperthal – a humble dorpie in the Cederberg

• Court ruling should make it abundantly clear why River Club development was stopped

• Blue plaque for the house of the first magistrate of Heidelberg

• Parliament told historical fabric destroyed in parliament fire cannot be restored as Hawks finalise probe

• The Apostle Battery to be revitalised

• Paarl’s towering Taal monument could be set to be renamed

• Restoration of Mostert’s Mill speeds ahead

• Iziko SA National Gallery to close for four-month refurbishing

• Germany to loan back 23 looted museum pieces to Namibia

• Why the Smithsonian Adopted a New Policy on Ethical Collecting

• Lost Cities of the Amazon Discovered From the Air

• Can Greece and the U.K. Finally Broker a Deal to Return the Elgin Marbles to Athens?