mhs newsletter June17 Dear members After a hectic first half of 2017, we are catching our breath and can update you on progress in pursuit of several projects and objectives, along with planning of meetings and outings. Our committee has been very active in diverse areas, summaries of which…
Green Point Common 60 days Nomination of the Green Point Common 1 (1)
“Bo-Kaap is heritage enough for them to send tourists here to look at pretty colorful houses but not heritage enough for them to take the locals into consideration when making changes which affect us all Shakirah Sky Dramat with Reclaim The City and 10 others at Bo-Kaap. 29 June 2016 · Cape Town · City of Cape Town has…
The Secretariat of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Heritage Centre do not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information or documentation provided by the States Parties to the World Heritage Convention to the Secretariat…
8 July at 13:46 · MEDIA STATEMENT THE ‡KHOMANI CULTURAL LANDSCAPE INSCRIPTED AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE 08 JULY At its 41st session taking place in Krakow, Poland from 02-12 July 2017, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee has inscribed on its prestigious world…
Mayoral Committee Member for Area Central councillor Siyabulela Mamkeli has urged the residents to protect heritage sites in their communities. The Gugulethu Seven Memorial is under constant attack from thieves. PHOTO: SPINDOG MOTSA Mamkeli said after leading a team of City of Cape Town employees to…
The Department of Arts & Culture responds to concerns regarding infrastructure projects in the Free State. http://www.dac.gov.za/…/statement-department-arts-and-cultu… Statement by the Department of Arts and Culture on National Legacy Projects | Department Of Arts and Culture The Department of Arts and Culture is committed in its mandate to promote, preserve…
TWIN MOSIA – founder Elandskop Museum Twin Mosia is a man on a mission. He comes from a small town in the Free State called Mamafubedu Petrus Steyn, where he’s been actively involved in the community since he was a child. Mosia spent a lot of time working on local…
PORTION 9 OF THE FARM NO.1576 IN EXTENT 14 9471 HECTARES, SITUATED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT OF PAARL, DALJOSAPHAT, PROVINCE OF THE WESTERN CAPE MEETING DRAKENSTEIN MUNICIPALITY: AESTHETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS COMMITTEE (ACTEAM) In situ inspection of the Du Toit Manor House and outbuilding (henhouse) destroyed by fire on the…
Roger Stewart read quite a bit of the Van Plett journal in Dutch & wrote quite an extensive history of the Van Plettenberg Beacon and Caert Thressor, a Dutch cartography journal, asked him to write about it, in Afrikaans. link below: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xrime1kxeuhp1d5/AADJA1DQpC1eZHnrfzPo79qqa?dl=0
