AUTHOR LP HARTLEY WROTE, “The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” So how does South Africa, a country with such a complicated history, begin to grapple with and understand its past and heritage?
As an architect, heritage consultant and Wits lecturer, Yasmin Mayat ponders this question often, specifically in relation to space, design and urbanism. “It’s important to be cognisant of our past and our history – and not just the nice side of history, but also our inherited trauma,”
