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Heritage SA
Address:
Po Box 2646, 7620 Paarl
Telephone:
021 872 6092
Fax:
021 872 0174
Description
Our heritage is unique and precious and it cannot be renewed. It helps us to define ourcultural identity and therefore lies at the heart of our spiritual well-being and has the power to
build our nation. It has the potential to affirm our diverse cultures, and in so doing shape our
national character.
Our heritage celebrates our achievements and contributes to redressing past inequities. It educates, it deepens our understanding of society and encourages us to empathise with the experience of others. It facilitates healing and material and symbolic restitution and it promotes new and previously neglected research into our rich oral traditions and customs.
Keywords
Protection, National, Organisations, Conservation, Heritage, Structures, Foundation, Volunteer, Non-Governmental, Non-Profitable, ImmovableCompany description
Heritage South Africa was established in 1959 as the Simon van der Stel Foundation and is currently the largest, best known and oldest national non-governmental (NGO) involved with heritage conservation. We are a non-profitable section 21 company with ten affiliated member organisations with almost two thousand enthusiastic volunteers.Heritage South Africa Activities
We liase with and inform individuals, decision makers, authorities and organisations about the protection of conservation-worthy structures and other aspects of South Africa's rich and colourful immovable heritage.
We co-operate with a large group of experts, specialists, professionals and academics.
We provide information and advice about conservation guidelines and restoration work.
We stimulate and promote a collective awareness and appreciation concerning the value of heritage objects for all communities.
At local level our members offer
talks about relevant subjects
excursions to conservation-worthy sites and structures
school competitions to make learners more aware of our heritage
the opportunity to become involved with conservation projects or restoration work
Management and Administration
Heritage South Africa is managed by a national chairperson and a board of directors who are elected at an annual general meeting. The executive responsibilities are undertaken by a part-time national secretary. Member organisations function at local or regional level through their own elected committees and sub-committees.
Publications
Heritage South Africa's professional journal, Restorica, is a highly respected publication whose forerunner was published for the first time in 1959.
Member organisations issue regular newsletters about their activities and conservation issues.
Publications and research about specific subjects are periodically undertaken or promoted by Head Office and its affiliated organisations.
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