The Heritage Portal Newsletter #39 2024
A Century of Coffee Roasting Heritage
Ian Hamilton Roberts Scott: Motor Racing Pioneer
The History of Jacaranda Trees in Pretoria (Archive)
We will be taking a short break. See you in a couple of weeks.
Events
Company’s Garden Trees - 12 October 2024
An Exploration of Joburg’s Alleyways - 13 October 2024
Jan Smuts and the Lost African Kingdom of Mapungubwe - 17 October 2024
Paardevlei History Ex Explosive Works - 18 October 2024
Rosebank Heritage Walk - 19 October 2024
Notices
Clarens presents 2024 Heritage Symposium
Securing your Collections - Free Webinar
Benefit Concerts for Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries
Does anyone know the history of the heritage cottages in Nicol Street?
Anchor from the Volo (Artefacts)
In other news
New book on Strand history explores the town's rich heritage and firsts
Neglected Gauteng heritage sites a missed opportunity to grow the economy
ANC Archives – Exiled in Amsterdam
Anglo-Boer War: how a bloody conflict 125 years ago still shapes South Africa
Ancient DNA from South Africa rock shelter reveals the same human population stayed there for 9,000 years