Over the last few years I have been gathering, digitising and getting the story behind the few remaining photos that my late grandfather, Ken Bath took during his +- 30 years as a photographer.
NOTICES
The Field Guide, a companion to Anglo-Boer War Blockhouses – A Military Engineer’s Perspective, is an extensive review of the blockhouses left standing in South Africa. A first-of-its-kind guide, it can be used for virtual visits to learn more about these military structures, or better still to get ‘boots on the ground’.
BOOK REVIEWS
I am always keen to dip into new books on Joburg and this title, Anxious Joburg, caught my attention. Johannesburg is an African metropolis of considerable wealth but also a city of visible poverty. There is a wide gulf between the rich and the poor.
BLUE PLAQUES
In 1954 the Orlando Swimming Bath Appeal Fund Committee handed over the facility to the Johannesburg City Council on condition it retained the name “Huddleston Swimming Bath, Orlando.” Father Trevor Huddleston had raised the money for this, the first public swimming pool in Soweto, because he knew it was important to provide recreational facilities for the community.