The Heritage Portal Newsletter #24 2025

Three Remarkable Women: A Cape Town Family's Journey from VOC Origins to Australian Gold Rush

Rhodes Court Room, Lock-up and Post Office

The Capture of Nelson Mandela (Archive)

Events

• East City’s art, cafes & dark past - 25 July 2025

• The Freemasons’ Lodge and the building of Egoli - 26 July 2025

• Vergelegen’s gardens and history - 26 July 2025

• Darwin's visit to the Cape of Good Hope in 1836 - 26 July 2025

• The Origin and Evolution of the Surf Board - 27 July 2025

Notices

• The Sandstone Estates Heritage Experience

• Calling the Voices and Authors of Obs

• War Museum of the Boer Republics

• Surveys and Inventories (The Heritage Directory)

• Montagu Pass and Toll-house (Artefacts)

In other news

• Five highest individual scores in Test cricket history

• Who was Ruth First?

• Bayeux Tapestry to return to UK on loan after 900 years

• Africa eyes four new World Heritage Sites

• South Africa’s sacred mountains and the legends they carry