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Surtees/ Kays Fashion Building

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No. 25 14th Street, Pageview.
2013

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Lined with shops on both sides, with goods spilling out onto the colonnaded pavements, the 14th Street bazaar was a bustling centre of trade. Families lived above their businesses, taking turns to help out behind the counter. By 1977, the traders were evicted by the apartheid government, and moved to the Oriental Plaza. Sixty-seven households formed to Save Pageview Association which fought for their homes through the courts, defying the bulldozers

Photo courtesy: Kabelo Mokoena (Sunday Times)

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A culmination of research gathered over many years, the Online Johannesburg Heritage Register is being launched on Nelson Mandela Day 18 July 2025.

Among the many heritage sites featured is Chancellor House, the downtown offices of Mandela and Tambo Attorneys in the 1950s. After having been vacant and shuttered for more than a decade, this iconic building is being revived and brought to life once again as offices for the Community Development Department, which oversees the City’s Arts, Culture & Heritage Services.

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