The Heritage Portal Newsletter #28 2022
"I knew in that instant that my life on the run was over" - The capture of Nelson Mandela 5 August 1962
Solving the riddle of the site of all the late 1938 to early 1940s burials in the Brixton Cemetery
Notices
Get your copy of the KHOIKHOI First language book
Survey for anyone with experience in treating art or heritage objects for pest infestations
The Witwatersrand Goldfield - History, Geology, Gold & Minerals - 10 August 2022
Parish Life in Sophiatown - 13 August 2022
Randlords & their mansions - 13 August 2022
Guided visit to the Lutheran Church Strand Street - 16 August 2022
Women of early Johannesburg in Braamfontein Cemetery - 21 August 2022
Guest Lecture: The Restoration of Aiton Court - 24 August 2022
An intergenerational dialogue to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the capture of Nelson Mandela - 26 August 2022
Presbyterians in Xhosaland - From Lovedale to Tutura - 27 August 2022
Constitution Hill's Soul Speaks - 29 August 2022
Deneys Reitz’s House - Blue Plaque
Facade Restoration - Heritage Directory
In other news
New book on Mapungubwe Archive contests history of South African world heritage site
New dinosaur centre and museum in Free State worth R84 million near completion
Update on Reimagining Jagger Library
Exhibitions in three Johannesburg buildings give historical context to city life
Transnet’s plans to revive Carlton Centre and Adderley Street Precinct could revive city centres
A look at the R50 million homes up for sale in one of South Africa’s oldest suburbs
Mary Cook (Artefacts)
Discoveries in Pompeii reveal lives of lower and middle classes
London museum returns 72 Benin treasures to Nigeria
The day the music died? Welcome to Denmark Street and Tottenham Court Road’s new ‘digitally enabled streetscape’
Archaeologists Rebury ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Roman Villa