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Articles

On the morning of 16 June 1976, I was the casualty officer at Baragwanath Hospital who received the first victims of what would become known as the Soweto Uprising.For the 30th anniversary of the uprising, Ali Hlongwane, then curator of the Hector Pieterson Museum, commissioned me to provide an account of my experience, to be published in an anthology

Book Reviews

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

Blue Plaques

Founded 1898St. John’s CollegeThese buildings were erected as a Venture of Faith by the Community of the Resurrection 1917-1934Architects: Herbert Baker & Frank FlemingBuilders: John Barrow & Son