Johannesburg Heritage Foundation (JHF) vice-chairperson Flo Bird said the Covid-19 restrictions had had a positive effect on the foundation.
Bird added that the foundation had successfully organised indoor and outdoor hikes.
“It has been a grand year for the JHF. Restoration of the leaking roof at St Alban’s in Ferreirasdorp as well as the stonework along Stewart Drive have been an important contribution to the city’s heritage and we opened the grounds to reveal the Orange Grove Waterfall which was only available [to see] in old books before that.”
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Bird said September being Heritage Month meant the foundation had hosted tours to all parts of the city. She added 22 new blue plaques had been erected highlighting more of the city’s history.
She noted that hundreds of primary school children from poor neighbourhoods had toured the Museum Africa.
The foundation’s wish list includes:
- That the City of Johannesburg accept our recommendation that applicants for rezoning be required to produce a heritage report where any structures more than 60 years old are affected.
- That the mayor gives back all 52 properties in the Fietas neighbourhood to the owners who were forcibly evicted.
- That the government assigns budgets for maintenance.
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