Eric Itzkin is a historian, author, cultural activist and heritage specialist involved in documenting, preserving and promoting historical sites in Johannesburg. Widely regarded by peers as an expert on Johannesburg’s rich and complex history, Itzkin has spent decades preserving, documenting, and shaping the public memory of the city. Over
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Johannesburg from the Riverbanks: Navigating the Jukskei is an ambitious and timely contribution to Johannesburg studies. Bringing together twenty-one chapters by twenty-six contributors, the volume emerged largely from the 2023 Riparian Urbanism project and seeks to reposition the Jukskei River
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Designed by Aburrow and Treeby, this house was built for Charles Jerome in 1902. Hazeldene Hall’s distinctive feature is its symmetry and the double-storied cast-iron veranda on three sides, the iron work selected from the catalogue of Walter MacFarlane of Glasgow.Charles Jerome, born 1863, was a financier, stockbroker, director of companies and was known as “King Coal” as he founded the Boksburg coalfields.