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Section 27 of the National Heritage Resources Act (NHRA) of
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...
provides for places of historic or cultural importance to be designated national heritage sites. 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. 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 *
Boschendal Boschendal (Dutch: ''bush and dale'') is one of the oldest wine estates in South Africa and is located between Franschhoek and Stellenbosch in South Africa's Western Cape. Huguenot Origins The farm's title deeds are dated 1685. The estate's first ...
* Cape Winelands Cultural Landscape * Coopers Cave *
Drimolen The Drimolen Palaeocave System consists of a series of terminal Pliocene to early Pleistocene hominin-bearing palaeocave fills located around north of Johannesburg, South Africa, and about north of Sterkfontein in the UNESCO World Heritage Site ...
* Charlotte Maxeke Grave * Gladysvale * Gondolin, Broederstroom * Kaditshwene Cultural landscape *
Kromdraai fossil site Kromdraai (means crooked turn in afrikaans) is a fossil-bearing breccia-filled cave located about east of the well-known South African hominid-bearing site of Sterkfontein and about northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is situated wit ...
* ''Madiba House'' (inside Drakenstein Correctional Centre) * Makapans Valley and Limeworks at Makapansgat *
Mapungubwe The Kingdom of Mapungubwe (or Maphungubgwe) (c. 1075–c. 1220) was a medieval state in South Africa located at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers, south of Great Zimbabwe. The name is derived from either TjiKalanga and Tshivenda ...
* Motsetsi *
Non Pareille Non, non or NON can refer to: * ''Non'', a negatory word in French, Italian and Latin People *Non (given name) *Non Boonjumnong (born 1982), Thai amateur boxer * Rena Nōnen (born 1993), Japanese actress who uses the stage name "Non" since July ...
* Plovers Lake * Robben Island * Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope *
Sarah Baartman Sarah Baartman (; 1789– 29 December 1815), also spelt Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje (), or Saartjie, and Bartman, Bartmann, was a Khoikhoi woman who was exhibited as a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under the ...
Site *
SAS Pietermaritzburg HMS ''Pelorus'' (pennant number: J291) was an built for the Royal Navy (RN) during World War II. Upon completion, the ship became the flotilla leader of the 7th Minesweeper Flotilla, clearing mines off the east coast of England. In June 1944, ...
* Sterkfontein caves *
Swartkrans Swartkrans is a fossil-bearing cave designated as a South African National Heritage Site, located about from Johannesburg. It is located in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site and is notable for being extremely rich in archaeological ma ...
Palaeontological Site *
Union Buildings The Union Buildings ( af, Uniegebou) form the official seat of the South African Government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa. The imposing buildings are located in Pretoria, atop Meintjieskop at the northern end of ...
*
Voortrekker Monument The Voortrekker Monument is located just south of Pretoria in South Africa. The granite structure is located on a hilltop, and was raised to commemorate the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854. It was designed by the a ...
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Wonderwerk Cave Wonderwerk Cave is an archaeological site, formed originally as an ancient solution cavity in dolomite rocks of the Kuruman Hills, situated between Danielskuil and Kuruman in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. It is a National Heritage ...
Notice No 178, ''Government Gazette'' Vol 537, No 33006, pp 11-13, 12 March 2010.


See also

* South African Heritage Resource Agency *
List of heritage sites in South Africa This is a list of national and provincial heritage sites in South Africa, as declared by the South African Heritage Resource Agency (SAHRA) and the nine provincial heritage resources authorities. The list is maintained by SAHRA by means of an onli ...
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Provincial heritage site (South Africa) Provincial heritage sites in South Africa are places that are of historic or cultural importance within the context of the province concerned and which are for this reason declared in terms of Section 28 of the National Heritage Resources Act (NHR ...
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Heritage objects (South Africa) Heritage objects in South Africa are objects or collections formally declared as such by the South African Heritage Resource Agency in order to control their export. Declaration does not restrict the sale or ownership of the objects. Archeological ...
; Provincial heritage resources authorities *
Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali (Zulu for 'Heritage KwaZulu-Natal'), commonly known as 'Amafa', is a provincial heritage resources authority in terms of South Africa's National Heritage Resources Act. It was established in 1997 in terms of the KwaZulu ...
* Heritage Western Cape *
Northern Cape Heritage Resources Authority The Northern Cape Heritage Resources Authority, previously called Ngwao Boswa jwa Kapa Bokone (seTswana for 'Heritage Northern Cape'), and commonly known as 'Boswa', is a provincial heritage resources authority established in 2003 by the MEC ...
; Previous Heritage conservation authorities * 1923 to 1969 - Historical Monuments Commission * 1969 to 2000 -
National Monuments Council (South Africa and Namibia) The National Monuments Council (NMC) was the national heritage conservation authority of South Africa, and therefore also of Namibia, during the major part of the apartheid era. It was the successor body to the Historical Monuments Commission ...


References


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


* ttp://www.sac.limpopo.gov.za/ 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
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