The event that precipitated the KBHA’s formation was the opening of the Kalk Bay Community Centre in 1994. This former 1906 sewage pump station, then wartime SAWAS Recreational Centre, and finally Kalk Bay Library, had been extensively altered and adapted to new uses through a City Council – Private Partnership. It provided meeting spaces, storage
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Johannesburg from the Riverbanks: Navigating the Jukskei is an ambitious and timely contribution to Johannesburg studies. Bringing together twenty-one chapters by twenty-six contributors, the volume emerged largely from the 2023 Riparian Urbanism project and seeks to reposition the Jukskei River
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The first purpose-built public library in Soweto, the Orlando East Public opened in 1950. Built by trainees of the Orlando Vocational Training Centre, it was bigger than the existing public library branches in Johannesburg. At the time, this was probably the most significant public library for Africans in the country. The library received a special gift in 1963, with the donation of the private book collection of Dr. A.B.