National heritage sites of South Africa

The marker used to show protection as a National Heritage Site.

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]

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:

• Cradle of Humankind
  • Bolt's Farm[3]
  • Coopers Cave[4]
  • Drimolen[5]
  • Gladysvale[6]
  • Plovers Lake[7]
  • Swartkrans Palaeontological Site[8]

• Bo-Kaap[9]
• Boschendal Founders Estate[10]
• Bushmanskloof Rock Painting Landscape[11][12]
• Castle of Good Hope[13]
• Cape Winelands Cultural Landscape[14]
• Charlotte Maxeke Grave[15]
• Chief Tyali Grave[16]
• Constitution Hill[17]
• Freedom Square, University of Fort Hare[18]
• Freedom Park[19]
• Gondolin, Broederstroom[20]
• Helen Joseph Grave[21]
• Houses of Parliament[22]
• Kaditshwene Cultural landscape[23]
• Klasies River Caves[24]
• Kromdraai fossil site[25]
• Lake Fundudzi[26]
• Lilian Ngoyi Grave[27]
• Liliesleaf Farm[28]
• Madiba House (inside Drakenstein Correctional Centre)[29]
• Makapans Valley and Limeworks at Makapansgat[30]
• Mapungubwe[31]
• Motsetsi[32]
• Non Pareille[33]
• Noordkapperpunt Fish Traps at Stilbaai[34]
• Owl House and Camel Yard[35]
• Rahima Moosa Grave[36]
• Robben Island[37]
• Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope[38]
• Sarah Baartman Site[39]
• São José[40]
• Game Pass Shelter, Kamberg Nature Reserve[41]
• Sibhudu Cave[42]
• SAS Pietermaritzburg[43][44]
• Sharpeville Massacre Grave Sites[45]
• SS Mendi Memorial[46]
• Sterkfontein caves[47]
• Stone Wall, Bo-Kaap[48]

• Taung Palaeonthropological Fossil[49]
• Union Buildings[50]
• Voortrekker Monument[51]
• Waaihoek Wesleyan Mission Church[52]
• Walter Sisulu Square[53]
• West Coast Fossil Park[54]
• Wonderwerk Cave[55][56]

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

• Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali
• Heritage Western Cape
• Northern Cape Heritage Resources Authority

Previous Heritage conservation authorities

• 1923 to 1969 - Historical Monuments Commission
• 1969 to 2000 - National Monuments Council (South Africa and Namibia)

References

1. 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
2. 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
3. "9/2/233/0032 - Bolts Farm, Sterkfontein 173 IQ (portion 32), Gauteng". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "9/2/233/0017 - Gladysvale, Uitkomst 499 JQ, Gauteng". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
7. "9/2/233/0035 - Plover's Lake, Kromdraai 520 JQ, Gauteng". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
8. "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.
9. Somdyala, Jenni Evans and Kamva. "Arts & Culture minister declares 19 areas as heritage sites in Bo-Kaap". News24. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
10. "9/2/069/0041 - Boschendal Founders Estate, Dwarsrivier Valley". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
11. "Bushmanskloof". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
12. "Rock Art & Heritage, Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve & Wellness Retreat, Western Cape, South Africa". bushmanskloof.co.za. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
13. "9/2/018/0056 =". SAHRA. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
14. "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.
15. "9/2/228/241/3 - Women's Project: Charlotte Maxeke Grave, Nancefield, Soweto". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
16. "Chief Tyali Grave". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
17. "9/2/228/0035 - Constitution Hill". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
18. "Freedom Square - Freedom Square". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
19. "9/2/258/0186 - Freedom Park". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
20. "9/2/212/0016 - Gondolin, Broederstroom 481 JQ, North West". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
21. "9/2/228/241/2 - Helen Joseph Grave". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
22. "9/2/018/0234 - Houses of Parliament". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
23. "9/2/238/0012 - Kaditshwene Cultural landscape (ruins)". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
24. "9/2/044/0003 | SAHRA". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
25. "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.
26. "9/2/269/0023 - Lake Fundudzi". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
27. "9/2/228/241/1 - Lilian Ngoyi] Grave". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
28. "9/2/228/0221 - Liliesleaf Farm". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
29. "9/2/069/0166 - Victor Verster prison "Madiba House", farm Watervleit". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
30. "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.
31. "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.
32. "9/2/233/0033 - Motsetse, Tweefontein 523 JQ, Gauteng". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
33. "9/2/069/0001/002 - Non Pareille, Daljosafat, Paarl District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
34. "9/2/079/0009 - Noordkapperpunt Fish Traps". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
35. "9/2/033/0007 - Owl House". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
36. "9/2/228/241 | SAHRA". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
37. "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.
38. "S.A. Government Gazette No 42127 2018".
39. "9/2/034/0004 - Sarah Bartmann Site, R331 Hankey, Kouga Municipality". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
40. "SHIPWRECKID2658 - São José". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
41. "9/2/422/0009 - Game Pass Shelter". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
42. "9/2/412/0018 - Sibhudu Cave". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
43. "SHIPWRECKID1512 - SAS Pietermaritzburg". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
44. "National Heritage Resources Act (25/1999): Declaration as a National Heritage Site" (PDF). Government Gazette. 578 (36776). 23 August 2013.
45. "Sharpeville Massacre victims Grave Sites | SAHRA". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
46. "Mendi Memorial". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
47. "9/2/233/0004 - Sterkfontein Caves, Zwartkrans, Krugersdorp District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
48. "STONE WALL". SAHRA 2020. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
49. "TAUNG". SAHRA 2020. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
50. "Union Buildings declared a national heritage site". EWN. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
51. "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.
52. "The Wesleyan Church". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
53. "9/2/228/0203 - Walter Sisulu Square". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
54. "SAHRA has declared the West Coast Fossil Park as a National Heritage Site". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
55. "9/2/055/0005 - Wonderwerk Cave, Kuruman District". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
56. 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