Heritage Weekend: Braamfontein Cemetery - Crypts and Ashes

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Braamfontein Cemetery is Joburg’s oldest graveyard and the final resting place for many famous Joburgers from years gone by. 

Join us as we uncover the secrets of this evocative burial ground, including a crypt under the crematorium where caskets are stored, including those of Sir William van Hulsteyn and Frank Wild (five-time Antarctic Explorer who has now been reinterred alongside Ernest Shackleton). 

We will also visit the ash walls, which we are busy restoring after the tragic recent vandalism. Here we will hear about Sonja Schlesin (Mohandas Gandhi’s secretary) and Albert Lindbergh (Founder of CNA). And, along the way, we will salute a number of other prominent people including Sir Thomas and Lady Cullinan.

Led by Nici Noble and Sarah Welham - founder of the Friends of Johannesburg Cemeteries organisation. The bus will drop you off at the starting point and collect at the end of the walking tour. Please wear good walking shoes and bring along a hat, sunscreen and water.

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