Since 1994, South Africa has embraced an inclusive and democratic definition of heritage, yet the protection of the built environment remains uneven. While legislation provides a progressive framework, its implementation is fragile: enforcement is weak, penalties are negligible, and development pressures frequently prevail over preservation.
BOOK REVIEWS
Michael Stevenson’s Samuel Daniell: A Life of an Artist in Southern Africa and Ceylon, 1799–1811 stands as a work of rare distinction: sumptuous in production, meticulous in scholarship, and deeply rewarding in intellectual substance.
BLUE PLAQUES
Adriaan von Geusau was from a German Baronial family. He was a large man with a trimmed goatee beard and practised as an attorney in Heidelberg. After the 2nd Anglo Boer War he became Mayor and assisted in the town’s public life for many years. Von Geusau died in 1944, aged 77 years and is buried next to his wife, Catharina (1862-1931), in the Heidelberg Kloof Cemetery.