National heritage sites of South Africa
Section 27 of the National Heritage Resources Act (NHRA) of South Africa provides for places of historic or cultural importance to be designated national heritage sites.[1] This came into effect with the introduction of the Act on 1 April 2000, when all former national monuments declared by the former National Monuments Council and its predecessors became provincial heritage sites as provided for in Section 58 of the Act.[2]
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Both national and provincial heritage sites are protected under the terms of Section 27 of the NHRA, and a permit is required to work on them. National heritage sites are declared and administered by the national heritage resources authority, SAHRA; provincial heritage sites fall within the domain of the various provincial heritage resources authorities.
The SAHRA logo is used to mark national heritage sites.
Current sites
Currently proclaimed national heritage sites are
- Bolts Farm[3]
- Boschendal[4]
- Cape Winelands Cultural Landscape[5]
- Coopers Cave[6]
- Drimolen[7]
- Charlotte Maxeke Grave[8]
- Gladysvale[9]
- Gondolin, Broederstroom[10]
- Kaditshwene Cultural landscape[11]
- Kromdraai fossil site[12]
- Madiba House (inside Drakenstein Correctional Centre)[13]
- Makapans Valley and Limeworks at Makapansgat[14]
- Mapungubwe[15]
- Motsetsi[16]
- Non Pareille[17]
- Plovers Lake[18]
- Robben Island[19]
- Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope[20]
- Sarah Baartman Site[21]
- SAS Pietermaritzburg[22][23]
- Sterkfontein caves[24]
- Swartkrans Palaeontological Site[25]
- Union Buildings[26]
- Voortrekker Monument[27]
- Wonderwerk Cave[28][29]
See also
- South African Heritage Resource Agency
- List of heritage sites in South Africa
- Provincial heritage site (South Africa)
- Heritage objects (South Africa)
- Provincial heritage resources authorities
- Previous Heritage conservation authorities
- 1923 to 1969 - Historical Monuments Commission
- 1969 to 2000 - National Monuments Council (South Africa and Namibia)
References
- National Heritage Resources Act, Act 25 of 1999, Government Notice 506, Republic of South Africa Government Gazette, Vol. 406, No 19974, Cape Town, 28 April 1999
- National Heritage Resources Act, Act 25 of 1999, Government Notice 506, Republic of South Africa Government Gazette, Vol. 406, No 19974, Cape Town, 28 April 1999
- "9/2/233/0032 - Bolts Farm, Sterkfontein 173 IQ (portion 32), Gauteng". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/069/0041 - Boschendal Founders Estate, Dwarsrivier Valley". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/084/0002 - Cape Winelands Cultural Landscape: Dwars River Valley / Ida's Valley / Simondium - Groot Drakenstein". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/233/0024 - Coopers, Zwartkrans 172 IQ, Gauteng". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/084/0002 - Cape Winelands Cultural Landscape: Dwars River Valley / Ida's Valley / Simondium - Groot Drakenstein". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/228/241/3 - Women's Project: Charlotte Maxeke Grave, Nancefield, Soweto". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/233/0017 - Gladysvale, Uitkomst 499 JQ, Gauteng". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/212/0016 - Gondolin, Broederstroom 481 JQ, North West". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/238/0012 - Kaditshwene Cultural landscape (ruins)". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/233/0022-001 - Kromdraai Palaeontological Reserve, Kromdraai 71, Krugersdorp District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/069/0166 - Victor Verster prison "Madiba House", farm Watervleit". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/257/0003 - Makapans Valley and Limeworks at Makapansgat, Potgietersrus District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/240/0001 - Mapungubwe Archaeological Site, Greefswald, Messina District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/233/0033 - Motsetse, Tweefontein 523 JQ, Gauteng". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/069/0001/002 - Non Pareille, Daljosafat, Paarl District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/233/0035 - Plover's Lake, Kromdraai 520 JQ, Gauteng". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/018/0004 - Robben Island, Table Bay". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 22 April 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "S.A. Government Gazette No 42127 2018".
- "9/2/034/0004 - Sarah Bartmann Site, R331 Hankey, Kouga Municipality". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "SHIPWRECKID1512 - SAS Pietermaritzburg". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "National Heritage Resources Act (25/1999): Declaration as a National Heritage Site" (PDF). Government Gazette. 578 (36776). 23 August 2013.
- "9/2/233/0004 - Sterkfontein Caves, Zwartkrans, Krugersdorp District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/233/0012 - Swartkrans Palaeontological Site, Zwartkrans 172, Krugersdorp District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "Union Buildings declared a national heritage site". EWN. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- "9/2/258/0097 - Voortrekker Monument, farm Groenkloof, Pretoria". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- "9/2/055/0005 - Wonderwerk Cave, Kuruman District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- Notice No 178, Government Gazette Vol 537, No 33006, pp 11-13, 12 March 2010.
External links
- Website of the South African Heritage Resource Agency
- Searchable database of declared sites on SAHRIS
- National Heritage Resources Act, number 25 of 1999, in online pdf format
Provincial Heritage Resources Authorities:
- Western Cape - Heritage Western Cape
- KwaZulu Natal - Amafa/Heritage KwaZulu Natal
- Free State - Heritage Free State
- Eastern Cape - Eastern Cape Provincial Heritage Resources Authority
- Mpumalanga - Mpumalanga Provincial Heritage Resources Authority
- Limpopo - Limpopo Heritage Resources Authority
- North West - North West Provincial Heritage Resources Authority
- Northern Cape - Ngwao-Boswa Jwa Kapa Bokone
- Gauteng - Provincial Heritage Resources Authority Gauteng