Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries featured in Northcliff and Melville Times
Thanks to the Melville and Westcliff Times for their full page feature on the excellent work done by the Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries team. Check it out below:
Carte Blanche Investigates the Joburg Art Gallery (JAG)
The Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) has been in a sorry state for a long time, and the situation is only getting worse. Carte Blanche investigates the ‘art of neglect’ featuring interviews with JHF Chairperson, Flo Bird, and heritage architect and JHF member, Brian McKechnie. Originally broadcast on 15 January 2023.
Joburg’s Decay Continues as Rotunda is stripped
More bad news for Joburg’s vulnerable heritage! In addition to the appalling state of the Johannesburg Art Gallery (as reported on Carte Blanche) and the illegal demolition of the Crown Mines headquarters by a developer, we have now learned that the iconic Rotunda building next to Park Station has been completely stripped. As noted by …
Outrage at illegal demolition of Crown Mines Offices
We have just learned that the old Crown Mines Head Office, with its landmark assay chimney, has been illegally demolished. A declared National Monument (now a Provincial Heritage site) this was one of the most significant mining elements in the City of Johannesburg. Standing just west of the M1 and the M2 intersection, bounded by …
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Forgotten Headstones – Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries
The Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries group, which was started in 2018 under the umbrella of Johannesburg Heritage Foundation, has done some solid work in the Braamfontein and Brixton cemeteries over the past 4 years. We have a great following on our WhatsApp group, which is for people who want to join our work parties in …
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New Book – Wake Up, This is Joburg
A few years ago Fourthwall Books published a series of fascinating small books on Johannesburg. Beautifully designed and printed on high quality paper with colour photographs, it shone as a high quality ‘must have’ Johannesburg item. The stories pulsed with quirkiness and throb with the adrenalin of a new Joburg. There were ten books in …
JHF Research Centre ‘Detectives’ do it again
A while ago, we received an enquiry from William Martinson on behalf of the Beit Trustees. He was seeking info about the house where Sir Otto Beit lived while in Johannesburg, circa the 1890s. Thanks to our expert team of ‘detectives’ at the Research Centre, we were able to track down quite a lot of …
Restoration of Stewart Drive’s Stonework
As part of the JHF’s on-going Restoration Programme, we are proud to announce that the stonework along beautiful Stewart Drive has been stabilised and repaired. Funded by the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation, this was a collaborative effort with Mayat Hart Architects, local activist Richard Holden, City Parks (who developed Stewart Drive Park and installed playground equipment) …