The Heritage Portal Newsletter #21 2024
The Queens Road Commune - Living in a grand Parktown mansion in the 1970s
Brixton’s First Blue Plaque
The recovery of an element of Cape Town’s lost transportation heritage (Archive)
Events
The enemy within: German internees in South Africa in World War I - 30 May 2024
Black And White Into Gold – Jeppe High School For Boys - 1 June 2024
Sandton Library Book Sale - 31 May - 1 June 2024
Musicking and Human Development - 6 June 2024
Benefit Concert At Northwards - Friends Of Johannesburg Cemeteries - 8 June 2024
Notices
The Heritage Portal newsletter survey (thank you for all the responses so far)
Wanted: Bidders for five steam trains Eskom can't afford to maintain anymore
Historic site brought to life with five new stores in Somerset West
House Goodman Hyde Park (Artefacts)
Jewel City Gateway Artwork (Public Art)
In other news
Farewell to a great journalist and activist
City of Johannesburg responds to Johannesburg City Library’s closure
Anglo American’s closure of the Rand Daily Mail — almost 40 years later, it still hurts
Mayibuye! The 100-year-old slogan that’s stirred up divisions in South Africa’s elections
80 Years: How South Africa Has Maintained Its C-47 Dakotas Since WW2