One of our Soweto-based partners is running a fascinating tour in celebration of Woman’s Month. Check it out! And please get in touch with them if you are interested in sponsoring tickets for local kids. Proceeds will go towards the establishment of a youth chess club. JHF Member Robson Savage is also offering to sponsor
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RSA 365 is a luxurious coffee table book featuring 365 architectural drawings of South Africa’s most iconic buildings, bridges & water towers. Each illustration is accompanied an essay with meticulously researched details on the buildings, their personalities and events associated with them. RSA 365 is a collaboration between Shaun Gaylard and Brett McDougall. During lockdown,
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At the AGM of the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation, held on 30th July 2022, Brett McDougall was presented with the Johannesburg Heritage Lifetime Honorary Membership Award. This gratefully acknowledges his extensive contribution to the work of the JHF over the last decade. In that time, Brett served as Chairman of the JHF from 2015 to 2018.
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The 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation (JHF) will be held on Saturday 30th July at 14h00. The venue is Northwards, 21 Rockridge Road, Parktown. This is a public meeting and interested members of the public are welcome to attend. Please send acceptances and apologies to Barbara Cron: 060 813 3539
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The Heritage Association of South Africa (HASA) is holding it’s annual symposium on the 13-15 October 2022. Hosted by the Magaliesberg Association for Culture and Heritage, this year’s programme offers a fantastic line up of fascinating speakers and tours. The venue is the Cableway Conference Centre, Hartbeespoort Dam. Numbers are limited so register now! For
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Join the JHF’s Kathy Munro, James Findlay and Brian McKechnie for a not-to-be-missed conversation about Art Deco in Johannesburg. Saturday 9 July @ 11:00. The venue is the Rand Club – 33 Loveday Street, Marshalltown. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation. Tickets are R150pp, including tea/coffee and scones.
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Friends of the Johannesburg Cemeteries was recently featured on eNCA eNUUS! Watch the clip here:
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This is a grand year for anniversaries. Not only the 1922 Rand Revolt, which we have been commemorating by installing grave-markers and a Memorial at Braamfontein Cemetery, but also the 120th anniversary of the end of the Anglo Boer War, the 120th anniversary of Herbert Baker’s coming to Johannesburg, the 90th Birthday of Orlando East
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Some time ago, I was wandering around the General Section of Braamfontein cemetery, doing some research. There was a family plot with one headstone on it and its cross broken off and laid down in front of the stone. I think this cross may have been turned by Mr Pon and the waste pickers from
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In December 2021, the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation and Fran Haslam of the Zoo Lake welcomed the installation of a second blue plaque at the Zoo Lake to commemorate its centenary. It was a welcome vote of confidence and gesture of support to be supported in this venture by Eric Itzkin of Johannesburg City Heritage. The
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