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.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 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.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
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 Coopers Cave Drimolen Gladysvale Plovers Lake Swartkrans Palaeontological Site
Bo-Kaap Boschendal Founders Estate Bushmanskloof Rock Painting Landscape Castle of Good Hope Cape Winelands Cultural Landscape Charlotte Maxeke Grave Chief Tyali Grave Constitution Hill Freedom Square, University of Fort Hare Freedom Park Gondolin, Broederstroom Helen Joseph Grave Houses of Parliament Kaditshwene Cultural landscape Klasies River Caves Kromdraai fossil site Lake Fundudzi Lilian Ngoyi Grave Liliesleaf Farm Madiba House (inside Drakenstein Correctional Centre) Makapans Valley and Limeworks at Makapansgat Mapungubwe Motsetsi Non Pareille Noordkapperpunt Fish Traps at Stilbaai Owl House and Camel Yard Rahima Moosa Grave Robben Island Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope Sarah Baartman Site São José Game Pass Shelter, Kamberg Nature Reserve Sibhudu Cave SAS Pietermaritzburg Sharpeville Massacre Grave Sites SS Mendi Memorial Sterkfontein caves Stone Wall, Bo-Kaap
Taung Palaeonthropological Fossil Union Buildings Voortrekker Monument Waaihoek Wesleyan Mission Church Walter Sisulu Square West Coast Fossil Park Wonderwerk CaveNotice 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 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
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