The Heritage Portal Newsletter #20 2025

Early Shipwrecks off the Eastern Coast

The fate of one Dutch noble line in the Cape Colony

The Origins of Kensington (Archive)

Events

• Melville Koppies Heritage Hike - 14 June 2025

• Walking Tour through the Castle of Good Hope - 15 June 2025

• Youth Day in Joburg - Where to remember the youth of Soweto 1976

• Tour of Art Deco Springs - 21 June 2025

• Dr van Graan’s Art Deco walk - 28 June 2025

Notices

• NHC Heritage Funding Call for 2025–2026

• Soweto Uprising Photographs via African Pictures

• African World Heritage Fund Job Opportunity

• Norscot Manor (Artefacts)

• The best Joburg tours

In other news

• Waving wads of cash as inducement to sell homes and heritage in the Bo-Kaap

• South Africa leads initiatives to restore dignity through repatriation of Khoi and San remains

• Robben Island Museum set for Major Upgrade

• Multi-use precinct plans unveiled for Strand Street quarry

• Rashid Lombard: the photographer who documented both resistance and celebration in South Africa