JHF Statement on re-tenanting of municipal heritage properties

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The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation (JHF) has noted with concern several instances whereby the authorities are refusing to renew the leases of reliable and long-standing tenants who have been beneficially occupying and maintaining municipally-owned heritage properties. In the current economic and social environment, ‘good’ tenants are hard to find and we recommend that the authorities should […]

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Joburg Central Library – partial re-opening announced

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The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation (JHF) and Johannesburg Crisis Alliance (JCA) welcome the partial re-opening of the Johannesburg City Library (JCL), scheduled for 09.00 on March 21, 2025. It is only appropriate that the partial re-opening is taking place on Human Rights Day, as access to information is a fundamental human right as enshrined in our

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Johannesburg Art Gallery in Crisis – Latest updates

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As we all know, the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) is currently facing multiple crises that have put both the building and art collection at great risk. The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation and the Friends of JAG (FOJAG) have managed to engage with the City of Johannesburg (COJ) on several occasions but have not been able to

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Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries Completes restoration of Ash Walls

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After many months of hard work, the Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries (FOJC) has completed their restoration of the Ash Walls at Braamfontein Cemeteries, which were heartlessly vandalised in mid-2023. Sincere thanks go out to the entire FOJC team, Joburg City Parks, and everyone who supported this enormous project by donating their time and/or money. We

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Letter of Demand issued over Johannesburg Art Gallery

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As many will know, conditions at the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) have been deteriorating for years. The beautiful 100-year-old JAG building, designed by Edwin Lutyens, has not been maintained (or poorly repaired) resulting in multiple severe water leaks – especially during heavy rainfall. Not only has this water ingress has caused significant damage to the

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City Library Re-opening – latest Updates

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We are gratified to note that the City of Johannesburg (COJ) Department of Community Development has released a media statement promising to get the Johannesburg City Library (JCL) partially re-opened within 6 months. We appreciate the authorities’ new-found sense of urgency in getting this invaluable public resource re-opened for the greater good of the inner

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Handover of JCL Petition to The City

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Following our successful protest action outside the Johannesburg City Library (JCL) on 18 May 2024, we arranged a meeting with the City of Johannesburg (COJ) Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for Community Development, Cllr L Magwentshu, to hand over the petition and collected signatures. This engagement took place on 12 June 2024. We would

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COJ Responds to ‘Re-open the Library’ Petition

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Following our successful protest action and the launch of our petition to ‘Re-open the City Library’, the City of Johannesburg issued a media release. See our initial response below, followed by the full text of the COJ’s statement. We have also included the responses to questions posed by the legislature about the library on the

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