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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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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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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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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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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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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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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CALL TO PARTICIPATE IN A PUBLIC PROTEST: RE-OPEN OUR LIBRARY! The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation, in collaboration with the Johannesburg Crisis Alliance, is holding a public protest calling on the City of Johannesburg and it’s implementing agency, the Johannesburg Development Agency, to “Re-open Our Library”. The public protest will be held outside the Johannesburg City Library
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