Heritage

What is “Heritage”? what makes one thing a heritage item and another not?

The dictionary defines it as “features belonging to the culture of a particular society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, that were created in the past and still have historical importance”. (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/heritage). 

Personally I really view it as something from the past that has importance to the present and is worth preserving for the future.  A lot of what I have written about over the years falls within that definition because I have an interest in history and the past. However, bear one thing in mind, what I consider as heritage may not be what somebody else does. It also explains a lot of the meaningless vandalism that happens to heritage items in South Africa.   This page is heavily biased towards what I have seen and experienced personally.  

Unclassified

Voortrekker Monument in Linden

Voortrekker Monument: Newlands

Fortifications

Fort Klapperkop (Pretoria)	Fort Schanskop (Pretoria)
ABW Blockhouses.	Fort Nelson (Portsmouth)
Oxford Castle and Prison

Statues

Gold Mining and the City of Johannesburg

George Harrison Park (Riverlea)	Ferreira Deep War Memorial, Booysens
Confidence Reef (Kloofendal Nature Reserve)	Witwatersrand Plaques (Witpoortjie Station)
Settler’s Park, East Rand,  Johannesburg	The Miners Monument, Johannesburg

Constitution Hill

The Constitutional Court	The Women’s Jail, Johannesburg
Johannesburg Fort	Number 4 Jail

Concentration Camp Cemeteries (South Africa)

DRW. © 2016-2021 Recreated and expanded 04/06/2016, fixed dodgy link and duplicate image. 30/04/2017, added Constitution Hill links and moved JHB Fort to that table 05/06/2017, added Settler’s Park 16/12/2020