Heritage

Sculptures added to Kliptown square

SLATE, concrete and steel sculptures representing each of the 10 clauses in the Freedom Charter stand atop the columns at the Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication.

Walk the ramparts of the Old Fort

THE ramparts of the Old Fort, high on Constitution Hill, have been restored and paved. People can now walk them, keeping an eye on the old gold rush town below.

Wits celebrates Darwin's birthday

EMINENT Joburg scientists raise a glass to toast Charles Darwin's 200th birthday. Through his On the Origin of Species, Darwin changed the way people thought about themselves and the world.

Major art work to honour Sisulus

ART Bank Joburg has called for the submission of proposals for a large work of art to be placed in Braamfontein in tribute to Walter and Albertina Sisulu.

International award for Joburg man

INDIA'S Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award has been given to Joburg's own Prema Naidoo, for his role in the anti-apartheid struggle.

Motlana: the passing of a great man

NTHATO MOTLANA gave his life to helping others. He played an active role in the struggle against apartheid, and had several firsts for black business under his belt.

State gets Mandela records

MORE than four decades after Nelson Mandela stood in the dock at the Rivonia Trial, the trial records have been donated to the National Archives, helping to preserve the history of the nation.

Timbuktu manuscripts in Jozi

THOUSANDS of ancient manuscripts in Timbuktu speak of Africa's intellectual past. The race is now on to conserve these vital documents, some of which are on exhibition in Joburg.

It was a grey Remembrance Sunday

RAIN fell persistently, adding to the sombre air as veterans, soldiers, politicians and others paid their respects to the nation's fallen, and the Last Post rang out mournfully across a sodden city.

Wynnstay gets some TLC, at last

BUILT in 1913, Wynnstay is the gracious old home of the Johannesburg Youth Theatre. Sadly neglected over decades, it is finally getting back some of its former glory.

Westcliff house blooms again

RESTORING the 78-year-old Missak House on Westcliff ridge has been a personal quest for the owner; today it reigns majestically over its lush gardens.

Workers' Library to open as museum

THE last workers' compound left in Johannesburg is being restored. Its most recent incarnation was as the Workers' Library, but change is again coming to the Newtown Workers' Electricity Compound.

Newtown hosts festival of lights

A BOLLYWOOD street party will end a day of festivities in Newtown, as the city celebrates Diwali, the Hindu new year.

Many ways to spend Heritage Day

THERE are activities for every interest lined up for Heritage Day. Try a hike, a play, a festival or a mystical drum performance for starters.

Madiba's Soweto home being restored

THE tiny home Nelson Mandela shared with his family before he was imprisoned is undergoing a major restoration as part of a project to create an outdoor living museum in the Vilakazi Street precinct.

Barbican to be restored, at last

SOME of the splendour of one of Johannesburg's most beautiful buildings - "an iconic heritage building" - is expected to be restored after years of neglect.

Thousands to march for Gandhi

A MARCH is planned through Newtown to mark the anniversary of the burning of registration certificates - passes - by Indians a century ago. The protest was lead by Mahatma Gandhi.

Museum drives through history

FROM the robust carts used by farmers and Voortrekkers to the first township taxis and more, the history of transport plays out at the James Hall Museum.

Call for Sophiatown ambassadors

YOUNGSTERS are sought to become leaders of the future through the Sophiatown Ambassadors Programme. Training will be done by the Asha Foundation in Britain.

Plaque unveiling on June 16

A PLAQUE was unveiled and sod was turned at various sites along the June 16 trail in Soweto, which traces the route protesting schoolchildren took 32 years ago.