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Heritage Issues

  • Somerset West Loses an Iconic Heritage Building - The demolition of Blue Waters and the questions it leaves behind
  • Old National Monument Badges and Plaques Under Threat
  • Huntington Hall destroyed by fire
  • Liliesleaf - Making a case for survival
  • The mosaic that is Jeppestown 
  • The Management and Conservation of Heritage Objects housed in State Departments or Supported bodies
  • Why Do Municipalities Not Uphold Their By-Laws - A Case Study from Greater Oudtshoorn
  • Why Existing Heritage Legislation Is Ineffective - An Issue of a Total Lack of Effective Enforcement & Structure
  • Leadership and the role SAHRA can play to facilitate connectivity with and between museums
  • Planners, Protectors and Predators: Public Trust and the tension between Heritage and Planning laws
  • Four strategies to deal with colonial buildings
  • The system has failed to achieve its purpose

From our Archive

  • Henri Ferdinand Gros - Pretoria’s first permanently based photographer, 1875 to 1890
  • History of the Old and New Grabouw Passes
  • Pageview hero stood his ground for 20 years
  • When did Johannesburg first appear on a map?
  • Edward Jenner: The Man Who Saved More Lives Than Any Person in History
  • Inner City Snapshot - November 2016
  • Witnessing History - Correcting my memory of Hastings Ndlovu
  • The Heritage Portal in Numbers (December 2020)
  • Welcome to Ladysmith, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
  • Tribute to Johannes (Johann) Jacobus Bruwer: 1954-2021
  • The Preservation of Pimville Soweto
  • If only statues could speak: the four Boer statues Kitchener ‘stole’
  • The Historical Muizenberg / St. James Walk
  • The passing of Malcolm Freeland marked the end of an era of old Johannesburg
  • A Short History of Steel

From the Directory

  • Institute for Landscape Architecture in South Africa (ILASA)
  • Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Osmond Lange Architects
  • LM Architects and Heritage Consultants
  • PHS Consulting
  • Sticky Situations
  • Johannesburg Heritage Foundation (JHF)
  • Horst Müller - Rural & Urban Exploration
  • ICOMOS SA
  • Rietondale Homeowners and Residents Association (RHOARA)
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