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. …
Friends of the Johannesburg Cemeteries was recently featured on eNCA eNUUS! Watch the clip here:
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 …
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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Hosted by the Magaliesburg Association for Culture and Heritage at Hartebeespoort Dam Save the date 13,14 & 15 October 2022 12 Stimulating talks by top Heritage Speakers. Excursions to 5 Heritage sites in the Magaliesburg with talks by experts. Blue Plaque unveiling ceremonies. Pre-centenary of historic Hartebeespoort Dam (1923 – 1925) Roll of honour page-turning …
Heritage Association of South Africa Symposium 2022 Read More »
Calling all bibliophiles! Following our very successful Big Book Sale at Holy Family College, the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation invites you to join us at the Rand Club Antiques Book Faire and Artisanal Market on Saturday the 9th of April. There will be plenty of stalls with books, maps, antiques and art for sale. There’ll also …
The following collectible books will be on a silent auction – ending at 15:00 on the 26th of March 2022. The books will be on display at the JHF’s Big Book Sale, taking place at Holy Family College, Old Sisonke Hall from 09:00. We invite all book enthusiasts to submit a written maximum bid for …
The Big Book Sale Silent Auction – 26 March 2022 Read More »
The Johannesburg Heritage Foundation is once again hosting its famous BIG BOOK SALE! Saturday 26th March in the Sisonke Hall of the Holy Family College, 40 Oxford Road, Parktown. 09.00 until 15.00. This is the event you’ve been waiting for. All books individually priced from as little as R10. Lots of excellent non-fiction – all …
We are all set to commemorate the centenary of the Rand Revolt of 1922 hopefully not in the rain. The Strike started on 10th January 1922 when the white miners were told their daily pay would be docked by a third – by 5 shillings from 14 or 15 shillings. It is inconceivable that any …
Hello everyone and welcome to 2022. With Covid numbers down and most things opening our landscape has brightened considerably. We are looking forward to taking school tours once again. They’ll be donning their pinafores and learning to write with dip pens, and he who blots his paper first will wear the dunce’s cap! Museum Africa is opening again …