Presentation of the SAHRA mandate to the Select

Presentation of the SAHRA mandate to the Select Committee Education and Recreation 18 March 2015 Presented by: MRS VELISWA BADUZA Chief Executive Officer An agency of the Department of Arts and Culture 28 February 2021 1

Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Purpose Introduction Our Mandate Definition of Heritage Resources Role of different Spheres of Government Comparison of the SAHRA and NHC Conclusion An agency of the Department of Arts and Culture 1

Purpose The purpose of this presentation is to brief the Select Committee on the purpose of existence of SAHRA and its guiding legislative framework in comparison to the National Heritage Council. An agency of the Department of Arts and Culture 2 3

Introduction • SAHRA is established in terms of the National Heritage Resources Act No. 25 of 1999 (NHRA) which outlines an integrated interactive system for the management of the national heritage resources. • As the implementing agency of the Department of Arts and Culture, SAHRA plays a critical role in the identification, conservation, protection and promotion of our heritage resources for the present and future generations. • Whereas, the National Heritage Council established under NHC Act 11 of 1999 is primarily focused on the protection, preservation and promotion of the intangible heritage resources. An agency of the Department of Arts and Culture 3.

Our Mandate Conservation Protection 1. Declaration of Identification heritage resources, 2. Provisional protection, 3. Issuing permits in respect of heritage resources and 4. Enforcing compliance. An agency of the Department of Arts and Culture Promotion 4. 5

What are Heritages Resources? Heritage Resources can be defined as: v Objects of Cultural Significance v Places, buildings, structures and equipment of cultural significance v Places to which oral traditions are attached or associated with the living heritage – eg: intangible hertage such as the Rain making v Historical settlements – eg District Six v Landscapes, sacred sites and natural features of cultural significance – eg: Maphungubye, Maropeng, v Graves and burial grounds – eg: Struggle Heroes SAHRA is the only institution that can declare National heritage resources. The NHC can only promote what SAHRA has declared. 6 v Maritime Underwater Cultural Heritage – eg: Shipwrecks An agency of the Department of Arts and Culture 5.

What is the role of the other spheres of Government SAHRA is responsible for Grade 1 heritage resources Grade 1 Heritage Resource • Grade 1 represents heritage estate of national significance such as the Parliament which was declared in 2014. • SAHRA ‘s role is to advise, assist and provide professional expertise to any authority responsible for the management of the national estate at provincial or local level, and assist any other body concerned with heritage resources management; The Provinces are responsible for the declaration of grade II Grade II Heritage Resources Grade III Heritage Resources resources. • The MEC plays a critical role in ensuring that the PHRA is adequately The Local Government is responsible for the execution of NHRA funded to execute this mandate. at a local level. • The PHRA is responsible for declaring the heritage resources which are significant to the Province. • The Municipalities are responsible for declaring the heritage resources An agency of the Department of Arts Culture which have cultural significance to and the lat local level. 6. 7

Comparison of SAHRA and NHC • SAHRA is tasked more with specific duty of identification, recording and management of heritage resources i. e. declaration of heritage resources, provisional protection, issuing permits in respect of heritage resources and enforcing compliance. • There is nothing in the NHC Act about declaration, issuing permits, issuing provisional protection and enforcing compliance with the legislation. • SAHRA may issue out an order to stop and or report the matter to the police as a criminal offence if it finds anyone contravening the provisions of the NHRA An agency of the Department of Arts and Culture 7. 8

Conclusion As I conclude my presentation I would like to submit that SAHRA is indeed mandated to co-ordinate the management of the national estate by all agencies of the State and other bodies and monitor their activities to ensure that they comply with national principles, standards and policy for heritage resources management. This role inevitably forces SAHRA to establish means and ways of training and developing heritage practitioners in order to supply the sector and also enable the institution to implement its mandate fully. Our role in the reburials of our fallen Heros such as Moses Kotane and JB Marks bears testimony to the unique mandate and powers enshrined in the NHRA which replaced the National Monument Council Act. I therefore submit that there is very little overlap in the mandate of SAHRA and NHC. An agency of the Department of Arts and Culture 8. 9

I thank you! An agency of the Department of Arts and Culture 9. 10