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Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Photo by redcharlie on Unsplash The Clarens Heritage Association, in collaboration with the Council of the Heritage Association of South Africa, will be hosting the 23rd Annual Symposium  between 22nd and 24thOctober 2024. We shall...

Vincent Carruthers (left) and Professor Franco Frescura (right).   At the 2022 HASA Symposium, Gold Medals were awarded to Vincent Carruthers and Professor Franco Frescura. The Gold Medal is a prestigious award in heritage and recognizes a lifetime of contributions...

The National Council of the Heritage Association of South Africa has for many years rewarded individuals and organisations who have given unstintingly of their time and expertise to conserve South Africa’s heritage resources and who, in the words of the preamble to...

The next HASA Symposium will be held on 13th, 14th and 15th of October; a full programme is being planned by Mike Benn, Vincent Carruthers, Prof. Mariette Lowes, Tsungi Fundira and Stuart Claque on behalf of the Magaliesberg Association for Culture & Heritage. The...

Houses of Parliament. Credit: De Zuid-Afrikaan.  It is with shock, disbelief and sadness that the Heritage Association of South Africa learned of the fire that engulfed the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town on 2nd January. The damage is a tragic and devastating loss...

Dr. Judy Maguire (far left) presenting the Simon van der Stel medal to Dr. Antonia Malan (second from left). Ian Pretorius (second from right) presenting the Simon van der Stel medal to John Rennie (far right).  The Simon van der Stel awards are the country’s premier...

Rondebosch Boys’ High, Rondebosch, Cape Town Blue plaques in South Africa date back to roughly 40 years ago when the first plaques were installed by the then Witwatersrand branch of the Simon Van der Stel Foundation (today the Heritage Association of South Africa)....

The National Council of the Heritage Association of South Africa has for many years rewarded individuals and organisations who have given unstintingly of their time and expertise to conserve South Africa’s heritage resources and who, in the words of the preamble to...

After the disappointment of having to cancel the annual symposium last year because of COVID-19, The Heritage Association of South Africa is pleased to announce it will be holding its symposium from Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 October 2021 in the beautiful and historic...

From left to right: Prof. John Parkington, Jacques Stoltz (HASA chairperson), Ms. Jomien Havenga, Prof. Kathy Munro and Jayson Augustyn-Clark. Photo: Rosette Jordaan from Theuniskraal Estate.  Efforts to save the historic cultural landscape of the Bo-Kaap, a champion...