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Open Night at the SA Astronomical Observatory
Date: Sat, 26/04/2025 - 19:45 to 22:00
By: Jean Gray
Western Cape
The NRF|SAAO invites you for a Night Tour and Stargazing Saturday, 26 April 2025 | 19:45 for 20:00 (ends 22:00) | SAAO
'I barely found anything' — Seizing the means of archival production in the aftermath of atrocity
Date: Tue, 15/04/2025 - 18:00
By: Richard Raber
Trans-!Garib
Dr Richard Raber explores the life and archival work of Dino Estevao, separated from his family during the Border War. Through personal recovery and independent research, Estevao constructs a powerful counter-history of atrocity and survival. 15 April | 18:00 | McGregor Museum, Kimberley | Free Entry
Guided Tour of the Paul Kruger Country House Museum and associated Anglo-Boer War and Afrikana Memorials
Date: Sun, 13/04/2025 - 10:00
Northern

Guided Tour of the Paul Kruger Country House Museum and associated Anglo-Boer War and Afrikana Memorials

Annual General Meeting followed by the 36th Oliver Davies Memorial Lecture
Date: Sat, 12/04/2025 - 10:30
By: Natalie Swanepoel
KwaZulu-Natal
Join us for the KZN Branch AGM at the Phansi Museum on 12 April 2025, followed by the 36th Oliver Davies Memorial Lecture by Dr Natalie Swanepoel on the archaeology of sub-Saharan Africa's cloth cultures.
Presidential Address — Canine Connections: Dogs and People in Precolonial Southern Africa
Date: Tue, 08/04/2025 - 18:00
By: Prof. Peter Mitchell
Western Cape
Tuesday, 8 April 2025 | 18:00 for 18:30, following the National and Western Cape Branch AGMs | SAAO Auditorium | Prof. Peter Mitchell, President of the South African Archaeological Society
Microscale Insights into Middle Stone Age Human Behaviour at Klasies River Main Site
Date: Thu, 03/04/2025 - 19:30
By: Dr Peter Morrissey
Northern
Microscale Insights into Middle Stone Age Human Behaviour at Klasies River Main Site
Outing to Constitution Hill to explore the Old Johannesburg Fort and the Constitutional Court followed by a picnic at Emmarentia Dam
Date: Sun, 16/03/2025 - 09:30
By: Tour Guide: Mrs Sandra Murray
Northern
Outing to Constitution Hill to explore the Old Johannesburg Fort and the Constitutional Court followed by a picnic at Emmarentia Dam
Tour Guide: Mrs Sandra Murray

Date: SUNDAY, 16 March 2025
Time: 09:30 for 10:00 
Talk: Recent research in Tanzania
Date: Sat, 15/03/2025 - 10:30
By: Professor Nick Conard
KwaZulu-Natal
The second event of 2025 is a talk by Professor Nick Conard on his recent research in Tanzania. He’ll be speaking at Phansi Museum in Glenwood, Durban, on Saturday 15 March 2025 at 10.30 am. Book the date. Details will follow.
The Digitisation of South African Heritage Resources: Corbelled Buildings and their Contribution to Microscale Analyses of Past Rural Pastoral Economies in the Northern Cape
Date: Tue, 11/03/2025 - 18:30 to 19:30
By: Jenna Larangeira
Western Cape
LECTURE: Tuesday 11 March, 18:00 for 18:30 at the SAAO Auditorium, Observatory
 
SPEAKER: Jenna Larangeira
YouTube link to recorded talk: https://youtu.be/OsskaJZIZ-c

A networking and collaboration platform for young heritage specialists
Date: Thu, 06/03/2025 - 19:30
By: Emma Cleminson and Bacara Spruit
Northern
Southern African Archaeology Student Society: 
A networking and collaboration platform for young heritage specialists
Talk by Emma Cleminson and Bacara Spruit