2024 marks 30 years’ anniversary of democracy in South Africa. 1994 was the year in which South Africa became a democratic country. This is the year in which all South Africans irrespective of race voted and elected the first black... Read more

The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) released the Call for nominations, Rules and Guidelines for the South African Cultural and Creative Industry Awards (CCIA) on 08 February 2024. The closing date for submission of nominations is on Thursday,... Read more

The NHC in collaboration with the Castle of Goodhope and the Cape Heritage Museum hosted a well-attended and engaging Indigenous Knowledge Systems Seminar with a focus on Khoisan community and the Cape Malay Slaves’ descendants on 14 February 2024. ‘Cultural... Read more

Unveiling Mr. Maxwell Tebogo Molema – An Accomplished Academic and Information Management Expert Our featured professional, hailing from the esteemed University of Limpopo, boasts an impressive academic journey spanning various disciplines. Initially completing a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences,... Read more

  On Friday, 16 February the National Heritage Council (NHC) together with He is a Provider, an NGO based in the East of Gauteng in Daveyton brought smiles and hope to families and young boys and girls of Mayfield community.... Read more

Theme: Multilingual education is a pillar of intergenerational learning.   There are about 6,500 languages in the world, but did you know that a language disappears and dies every two weeks? International Mother Language Day, commemorated annually on 21 February,... Read more

The National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHC) in collaboration with the Cape Heritage Museum and the Castle of Good Hope will host a focused Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) Seminar with the Cape Malay slaves’ descendants and Khoisan community to... Read more

The National Heritage Council hosted an Ethics and Fraud Awareness Workshop on the 15th of November 2023 coordinated by the Audit and Risk Unit. This was to observe the International Fraud Week which was from 13 to 19 November 2023.... Read more

The NHC is thrilled to announce that its Resource Centre and Media room have been refurbished with new material, furniture and upgraded system that keeps records of material inclusive of books, DVDs, CDs, magazines and journals in stock. As a... Read more

INAUGURAL LECTURE TO REMEMBER AND HONOUR MASERU MASSACRES On Saturday the 09th of December the NHC in partnership with Freedom Park Museum, Le Rona Re Batho Memorial Trust and the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) will commemorate and honour the 1982... Read more