Objectives
- To coordinate and monitor the identification of our national heritage;
- To set a norm and standards and maintain the management of heritage resources nationally;
- To encourage and facilitate the development of provincial structures;
- To control export and import of nationally significant heritage resources;
- To develop policy initiatives on the promotion and management of our heritage;
- To nurture an holistic celebration of our history;
- To set national policy for heritage resources management, i.e. formal protection, general protection and management;
- To develop an integrated and interactive system for the management of the national heritage resources.
Covering Countries
South Africa
Field of Programmes
Intangible heritage, Tangible heritage
Major Programmes on ICH
- National Heritage Sites
- Protected Areas
- Provisional Protection
- Heritage Registers
- Heritage Areas
- Heritage Objects
- Structures over 60 years old
- Burial Grounds and Graves
- Fossils (Palaeontology)
- Rock Art
- Archaeology
- Export Control
- Living Heritage
- Historical Shipwrecks
Periodicals
Major Publications
- National Heritage Journal
Data Provider
Thabo Kgomommu
