APPEAL BY THE DRAKENSTEIN HERITAGE FOUNDATION (DHF) against the decision of HERITAGE WESTERN CAPE (HWC) TO APPROVE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF CHEVE HOUSE IN PAARL (CHEVE) This appeal is founded upon the following principles a) HWC does not have the authority to adjudicate on this application b) The procedure adopted by…
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…
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…
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…
