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    • Media statement by the Heritage Association of South Africa Heritage conservationists win gold
    • IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA (WESTERN CAPE DIVISION, CAPE TOWN) CASE NO: 1103/2016
    • Between the Chains: Forgetting Tambo (Financial Mail)
    • Perth’s Mineral Commodities is at the centre of a dispute in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
    • Shale Gas Development – A Scientific Assessment for South Africa
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    • Defence minister to honour 17th-century Khoi peace broker
    • Media statement by the Heritage Association of South Africa Heritage conservationists win gold
    • Between the Chains: Forgetting Tambo (Financial Mail)
    •  Historic farm saved from development
    • South Africa’s golden rhino to star in British Museum exhibition
    • This Face Changes the Human Story.
    • Cederberg   Private Cellar prize winner
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    • SA removes sites from the UNESCO world heritage tentative list
    • The High Court SA sets aside decision to develop ‘Paarl Waterfront’
    • Two W C sites declared as Provincial Heritage Sites
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    • HASA reaches agreement with trustees of Macrorie House Museum
    • HASA concerned about potential Heritage Western Cape overreach
    • Heritage Inventory and Management Plan for Tangible Resources in Stellenbosch Municipality Heritage Survey.
      • Stellenbosch Municipality Heritage Inventory – 2018
    • Egoli Heritage Foundation condemns the destruction of historical Pageview school
    • Response by Herbert Prins to High Court’s decision:
    • Our vanishing heritage – South Africa’s top ten endangered sites 2016
    • MTHENGENYA 2018 IMBUMBA YAMANYAMA A5 FC DS 130 PROGRAM 1TK.pdf
    • Endangered Heritage Sites Update – April 2017
    • Outcome of the Appeal Tribunal Hearing: Kloof Street & Philippi
    • Perth’s Mineral Commodities is at the centre of a dispute in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
    • Khoisan prepare for court action to stop Thyspunt nuclear project
    • Port Elizabeth City Hall was almost demolished  
    • Lost cities #9: racism and ruins – the plundering of Great Zimbabwe
    • Middelberg Observer : Place of Refuge in ruin
    • AG Visser House Museum Heidelberg
    • Port Elizabeth City Hall was almost demolished  
    • SA’s endangered heritage sites under the spotlight
    • Our vanishing heritage – South Africa’s top ten endangered sites 2016
    • Destroyed ERPM Mining Village – Some practical thoughts
    • Media statement by the HASA MuseuMAfricA – Africana collection at risk
      • MuseuMAfricA’s crisis – some positions unfilled for 18 years  
    • Letter for the Paarl Post and the Mayor of Drakenstein (Die Kraal)
    • Lost cities #9: racism and ruins – the plundering of Great Zimbabwe
    • Middelberg Observer : Place of Refuge in ruin
    • Distressing care of valuable artefacts at Caledon Museum
    • Destroyed ERPM Mining Village – Some practical thoughts
    • THE CONSTANTIA PROPERTY OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION Appellant
    • City of Cape Town acted “irrationally” in Constantia rezoning application, says WC High Court
    • Lest We Forget – The case for the documentation of missionary education heritage in South Africa
    • HEADS OF ARGUMENT APPEAL 22 PLEIN STREET PAARL
      • Appeal 22 Plein St Paarl WC   – UPHELD
      • Motivation to oppose 22 Plein St – See also ‘ISSUES’ – Appeal Upheld
      • APPEAL BY (DHF) against the decision of (HWC)
      •  APPEAL: PROPOSED ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS AT ERF 14363, LODGE LAAN 1, WELLINGTON,
    • APPEAL JUDGEMENT 24 DAVENPORT ROAD
      • HIGH COURT decision 24 Davenport Rd
      • 8 Romney Rd Green Point
      • Appeal to Premier – Romney Rd Greenpoint
      • Proposed alterations to Carmen Villa. Calvinia
      • Comments to HWC on the proposal CHEVE HOUSE, PAARL
    • Historical Conservation in SA – An Unmitigated Disaster?
    • THREE CASTLES BUILDING – Egoli
    • Prevent Joubert Park from being used as a temporary taxi rank
      • Joubert Park – Herbert Prins speaks out
    • Possible cell phone tower in Steytlerville town.
    • Saartjie Baartman Monument vandalised
    • Struggle Heritage Shame – The Cradock Four Memorial
    • Sugar Bridge – Bufflesjags
    • Karoo News Group – Appeal to Minister
  • Archive
    • Rhodes statue public participation process
      • Removal of Rhodes Statue
      • Rhodes Statue UCT: section 27(18) Application to Heritage Western Cape
      • Application for permanent removal of C J Rhodes statue
      • Comment: Deneesha Pilley (Monuments)
      • Application for permanent removal of C J Rhodes statue
      • Monuments – Comments on Rhodes
      • Rhodes Statue -debate on monuments
      • The National Heritage Resources Act and the Rhodes debacle
    • Len Raymond’s Ministerial Award 2010
    • UNESCO site
    • Troubled layers
    • Luthern Church complex – development
      • Restoration of Melck Warehouses – Strand Street Cape Town
      • Lutheran church complex 03/04/2011
        • Martin Melck warehouse – Lutheran Church complex
        • Restoration of Melck Warehouses – Strand Street Cape Town
        • Lutheran church complex – Buchanan & Claassen
        • The Lutheran Church Complex – Herbert Prins
    • Sand mining in Graaff-Reniet
    • Officials accused over neglect of S A’s Vredefort Dome
      • Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site Interpretation Centre
  • Newsletters
    • Excerts from ËMASIKO ASE MPUMALANGA HERITAGE ERFENIS newsletter 221
    • Newsletter of the Heritage Association of South Africa August 2018
    • HASA Newsletter – August 2017
    • Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation Newsletter
    • HABITAT BULLETIN 2016 / 1
    • Restorica
      • Restorica
      • Volume 1/2
      • First Exert from ‘Restorica’ – Parktown 100 years
    • Nama Karoo Newsletter Summer 2016
    • Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation Newsletter (May 16)
    • Clanwilliam Museum Newsletter December 2015
    • Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation No1 2015
    • Egoli newsletter 2014
    • Karoo newsletter 2014
    • Stellenbosch 3rd 2014
    • Port Elizabeth 2010
      • Port Elizabeth 2010
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Devastation at Wuppertal -Facebook/Equity Fire Solutions

On Sunday evening, a harrowing event took place in Wuppertal, a historic small town nestled in Cederberg, just a fair distance from Clanwilliam in the Western Cape.

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HASA Symposium 2018 - BARBERTON

Presentation of the Simon van der Stel Gold Medal to Dr Janette Deacon

Presented by Mr Len Raymond out-going Chairman of HASA

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Media statement by the HASA MuseuMAfricA – Africana collection at risk

25 January 2016 Museum Africa: An internationally renowned Africana collection at risk The Heritage Association of South Africa (HASA) has with growing concern been following reports from heritage preservationists and activists about the crisis unfolding at Museum Africa – in our opinion custodian of one of the finest and most…

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Admin January 25, 2016 July 17, 2017NEWS

Letter for the Paarl Post and the Mayor of Drakenstein (Die Kraal)

    Dear Adv Van Deventer (Mayor of Drakenstein), I refer to your letter published in the Paarl Post in respect of the area from which sections of the population were forcibly removed, commonly referred to as the Kraal. This was only one of a number of areas including the…

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Admin January 18, 2016 January 26, 2016NEWS

MuseuMAfricA’s crisis – some positions unfilled for 18 years  

MuseuMAfricA, the cultural keystone of Newtown, is facing the shutdown of many of its most valuable collections due to a failure by the City of Joburg to fill vital positions, some of which have remained unfilled for 18 years. According to heritage activist Flo Bird: “It is shocking what this…

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Admin January 11, 2016 July 16, 2017NEWS
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