Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali

Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali (Heritage KwaZulu-Natal)
AbbreviationAmafa
Formation1997
Legal statusPublic Entity[1]
HeadquartersKwaZulu Cultural Museum, King Cetshwayo Highway, Ondini, Ulundi
Region served
KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa
Management
Mr. J. Sithole (Chairperson) James van Vuuren (Acting Chief Executive Officer)
Main organ
Council
Websiteamafainstitute.org.za

28°19′11″S 31°27′33″E / 28.31972°S 31.45917°E / -28.31972; 31.45917

Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali (Zulu for 'Heritage KwaZulu-Natal'), commonly known as 'Amafa', is a provincial heritage resources authority in terms of South Africa's National Heritage Resources Act.[2] It was established in 1997 in terms of the KwaZulu-Natal Heritage Act of that year[3] and is an agency of the Office of the Premier of the government of the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. It is also a 'public entity' under the terms of the Public Finance Management Act.[4] It is mandated to care for that part of South Africa's national estate that is of provincial and local significance in KwaZulu-Natal .

Amafa is the oldest heritage resources authority in South Africa, all others being established in terms of the National Heritage Resources Act of 1999 or, in the Northern Cape, under provincial legislation that post dates the KwaZulu-Natal Heritage Act of 1997.[5][6]

Amafa is best known as the custodian of approximately 300 provincial landmarks and heritage landmarks in the province,[7] and several sites at which it manages interpretative centres.

  1. ^ Section 1, Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, (as amended)
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ The KwaZulu-Natal Heritage Act, 1997 (Act No. 10 of 1997)
  4. ^ Section 1, Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, (as amended)
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ Northern Cape Heritage Resources Authority Act, Act No 9 of 2013, Province of the Northern Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary, No 1784, 5 March 2014
  7. ^ List of heritage sites in KwaZulu-Natal

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