Modderfontein Heritage Day

Submitted by ADMIN2 on Tue, 18/09/2018 - 17:07
Johannesburg heritage

Heritage month is being celebrated by the Modderfontein Conservation Society with conducted walks round the heritage precinct of the village and a talk by Jonathan Stone, a highly respected  Heritage Architect.

Walks will take place on Heritage Day – 24 September – at 09:00.  The talk will take place in the Modderfontein Town Hall at 1 Casino Road – opposite the bowls club – at 19:30 on Thursday 20 September. 

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Johannesburg Heritage Foundation

The Legend Continues

Submitted by ADMIN2 on Tue, 14/08/2018 - 10:16
The Legend Continues
Two of the country's leading story-tellers and passionate students of history share the stage to bring history alive in two 45 minute spellbinding talks.
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History
Battle fields

Tour "The View"

Submitted by ADMIN2 on Sun, 22/07/2018 - 08:43
The View
Designed and built by Charles Aburrow in 1897 for Sir Thomas Major Cullinan (well known for founding the Premier Mines outside of Pretoria, where the largest diamond in the world was found in 1905). Cullinan town east of Pretoria was named after him
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Johannesburg Heritage

Mandela bus tour

Submitted by ADMIN2 on Tue, 10/07/2018 - 10:36
JHF
There are still places left on David Forrest’s wonderful Mandela bus tour on Saturday, 14th July at 9.00 am starting and ending at the Sunnyside Park Hotel in Parktown. Secure parking has been reserved at the Sunnyside.
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Johannesburg Heritage Foundation

Foreign Language Survey

Submitted by ADMIN2 on Fri, 06/07/2018 - 09:44
NDT
The Department of Tourism is currently conducting a survey to understand the proficiency and foreign language training needs of tourist guides. The findings from the survey will assist the Department to determine future foreign language training programmes for the tourist guiding sector.
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NDT

Ancient Temples Field trip

Submitted by ADMIN2 on Fri, 22/06/2018 - 08:37
Ancient Temples
Thousands of rock paintings and large and small enigmatic stone structures litter the veld of South Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to the Limpopo. Who and why painted and built them?
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