The gavel is poised to fall on the sale of 29 ordinary objects: including a handmade key, a book, a pair of sunglasses and an ID. Yet their sale raises an extraordinary question: when does a revered leader’s legacy become so central to a nation’s identity that it can no longer be treated as private property?
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
Die Hoër Volkskool Heidelberg is amptelik in 1915 geopen en op 8 September 1919 is die hoeksteen deur mnr. AG Robertson, die Administrateur van die Transvaal, gelê. Mnr. AJ Louw was die skool se eerste hoof. Die skoolgebou is amptelik op 3 Mei 1922 geopen.