CHAPTER 14 & 15

Cultural uniqueness and

South African Heritage bodies
 CHAPTER 14
• This chapter is short. I only want you to know the different
ways in which we can use cultural uniqueness and diversity.
Please read further about the following:
 Battlefield re-enactments
 Museums
 Art galleries
 Cultural heritage sites
 Festivals
 Sporting events
 Cultural villages
 Dance productions
 Films
 CHAPTER 15
• SOUTH AFRICAN HERITAGE BODIES
What this chapter is all about:
1. Who is SAHRA – South African Heritage Resources Agency.

2. Understand that heritage is something precious and own to our country.

Therefore it needs to be preserved and protected. Imagine every tourist wants to
touch and take a pièce home of the things they visit in South Africa. We will have
nothing left! Because of this reason, special permits are needed before anybody
can work on or change anything that is classified as heritage.

3. There are six types of heritage that you must please study and must be able to
give me examples of each.
Definitions:
National property – All national and some provincial
cultural heritage sites of exceptional quality.

Cultural meaning/value – The value from generation

to generation.

Provincial heritage site – A site that has been

declared heritage by the provincial authorities.

National heritage site – A site that has been declared

national heritage by SAHRA – Management and
protection of that site is the responsibility of SAHRA.

Natural heritage – This includes national parks and

the responsibility of SANparks to manage and
protect them.
 SAHRA logo and functions
SAHRA – South African Heritage Resources Agency
Functions:

1. Select provincial heritage sites that is worthy to

be protected.
2. Preserve and protect provincial heritage sites.
3. Grant permits for any building work on buldings
older than 60 years.
4. Grant permits for the removal of cultural objects
out of the country.
 Special heritage permits and protection regulations.
1) Structures older than 60 years

Automatically protected under the Law on SA

National Resources Act.

If in private ownership, a permit is also needed

before any changes can be made to the structure.
 2) Archaeological and paleontological
sites and materials -

Dit is materiële
• This is the remains of early civilizations or any human
activity.
• Any discoveries should be reported immediately.
-Sterkfontein caves – Hominoid remains of more than 3
million years old of mrs Ples and Little Foot were
discovered. So, the forefathers of 7 billion people come
from this small cave.
-Fraserburg – Footprint of a huge animal, that is older than
250 million years, was discovered.
Center of origin at Wits University in Johannesburg
3) Meteorites
Vredefort Dome – Best conserved meteorite crater in
the world. – 10 km’s in diameter.
It hit SA 2 billion years ago.

Tswaing Meteorite crater close to

Pretoria
– 220 000 years old
– One of only 4 meteorite museums in
the world.

Attracts an estimated 250 000 tourists

per year.
4) Shipwrecks
-Any shipwreck that is found in the
South African coastal waters,
is property of the SA government.

-It is registered as a heritage display.

- It is SAHRA’s responsibility to conserve the 2 700

shipwrecks that belong to 38 nations.
- Expeditions collect treasures – they may keep parts
thereof.
Example: One bottle of wine from the ship Britannia,
that was discovered close to St Helena bay, was sold
for R3790. The rest of the treasure belongs to
SAHRA.
5) Burial sites and graves
- This includes the graves of soldiers, troops,
freedom fighters and civilians that died during war.

- Graves older than 60 years, that are not in a

graveyard, for example the graves of forefathers on
a farm.

Saartjie Baartman – SA Khoi-San woman

that was taken to Europe as the
Hottentot-Venus.
 HOMEWORK
• Exam practice activity 15

• Draw 2 mind maps to summarize chapter 14

and 15. BUT. . . You are only allowed to make
use of sketches/small pictures. This will help
you to better remember the work for the
exams!