Johannesburg Heritage Foundation

19/08/2026

This Women’s Month, we’re heading to Brixton Cemetery to honour the stories of some of the remarkable women laid to rest there. 🌸🪦

Join us for a special clean-up as we gently clean the headstones and graves of women from Joburg’s past. Some names you may recognise, others you will get to know.

It’s a chance to roll up your sleeves, learn something new and help care for a small but important part of the city’s history.

Afterwards, we’ll keep the conversation going over a picnic! 🧺 Bring along a picnic basket packed with your favourite treats, a blanket, and settle in with us.
Come lend a hand, hear some remarkable stories, and celebrate the women who helped shape Joburg. ❤️

🗓️ Sunday, 23 Aug
⏰ Drop in anytime from 08:30
📍 Meet at the cemetery office, cnr Caroline & Krause Streets or Bartlett & Krause Streets, Brixton
🎟️ Free! There is no booking required

🧽🪥👕💧 Bring old toothbrushes, shoe brushes, rags, and water (there is none on site) — no hard brushes or chemicals please, they damage the headstones
🌿 Prefer gardening? Bring secateurs, loppers, forks and refuse bags

16/08/2026

Some fantastic pics from our Gandhi Square & Arcades tour. Thanks Ulrich & JIYP. ☺️

15/08/2026

Fascinating book and great article from Prof Kathy Munro.

Some books are intended to be treasured. Others are designed to be thrown away.Telephone directories, newspapers, auction catalogues and railway ti…

14/08/2026

Sometimes we’re lucky enough to come across a true gem that we can’t resist sharing.

Somerset House in Gandhi Square once housed United Building Society's safety deposit boxes, but was then boarded up for years. Now, its checkerboard floors and green Art Nouveau tiles have been beautifully restored.

You really want to see this! 🏛️

🗓️ Saturday, 15 August
⏰Meet at 14:00, the tour will run for about 2.5 hours
📍 Gandhi Square, New Street, Marshalltown (meet at the Gandhi statue)
🚗 As parking in the CBD is limited, please grab an Uber
🧢💧👟 Bring a hat, plenty of water, and good walking shoes

🎟️ R190 members / R295 non-members

🔗 Book: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/389203-gandhi-square-arcades-joburgs-undercover-history/ #/
✉️ [email protected]
☎️ 060 813 3239

Johannesburg was once a ‘City of Arcades'. These glass-roofed walkways between buildings boasted exquisitely tiled floors, beautiful cast-iron work, and maximised retail space while sheltering shoppers from the dusty streets. While most of these Victorian and Edwardian structures were demolished i...

14/08/2026

13/08/2026

Journey back to Joburg's golden age of film. Killarney was once home to movie moguls, jet setters, actors, and aviators, and the suburb still carries that glamour in its bones.

Movie mogul Isidore Schlesinger founded his ground-breaking film studio here, and the money and glitz that followed drew an array of fashionable apartment buildings, all copying Manhattan's high-rise Art Deco lifestyle.

Join guides Arjen and Clare van Zwieten for a walk through the designs, architects, and notable residents behind these historic buildings. Highlights include close-up looks at Whitehall Court, Daventry Court, Gleneagles, and Mentone Court 🎬🏙️
Whether you're a former, current, or future resident, or just a Killarney aficionado, this is your chance to discover more about one of Joburg's most fascinating suburbs.

🗓️ Sunday, 23 August
⏰Meet at 10:00, the tour will run for about 2 hours
📍 Killarney Mall, 60 Riviera Rd (meet outside Entrance 4, facing Killarney Avenue)
🅿️ Parking available in the garage or on the street
🚶 About 3km on foot
🧢🧴💧👟 Bring a hat, plenty of water, and good walking shoes

🎟️ R190 members / R295 non-members

🔗 Book: https://bit.ly/4fKd48G
✉️ [email protected]
☎️ 060 813 3239

13/08/2026

13/08/2026

A fight for transparency grows as the LRC demands Johannesburg release Metro Centre safety reports amid fears vital historic planning records are abandoned.

13/08/2026

Brixton Cemetery is the resting place of women whose stories deserve to be remembered? 🕊️

This Women's Month, the Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries invites you to a women-focused clean-up at Brixton Cemetery. We'll be tending to the headstones and graves of some truly remarkable ladies, including dental nurse Doris Martin, Louisa (Loui) Jones and Joan Rayner. Join us to find out why these women, and many more, should be remembered and celebrated 🌸

Stay on for a picnic under the trees afterwards! Remember to bring your own picnic basket, goodies, drinks, and a table and chairs if you need them. 🧺

🗓️ Sunday, 23 Aug
⏰ Drop in anytime from 08:30
📍 Meet at the cemetery office. Entrances are at cnr Caroline & Krause Streets or Bartlett & Krause Streets, Brixton
🎟️ Free! There is no booking required

🧽🪥👕💧 Bring old toothbrushes, shoe brushes, rags, and water (there is none on site) — no hard brushes or chemicals please, they damage the headstones
🌿 Prefer gardening? Bring secateurs, loppers, forks and refuse bags

12/08/2026

If any of you know someone who can help, or can help, please get in touch?