The National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHC) in collaboration with the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture Limpopo, Thulamela Local Municipality, Collins Chabane Local Municipality and Vhembe District Municipality acknowledged and paid tribute to three living treasures to... Read more

        The National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHC) mourns the passing of the renowned, selfless, Heritage expert and academic Professor Muxe Gessler Nkondo, who was the recipient of the Ubuntu Honour in the 2022 Golden Shield... Read more

The World Heritage committee has inscribed South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites in the World Heritage Listing.  This is a part of the SA’s Liberation Heritage Route Programme (RLHR) as coordinated by the National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHC)... Read more

  From 21st – 31st July 2024, a high-level delegation from South Africa will be attending the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee meeting organised in the capital of India, New Delhi. This prominent session, which will be attended by state parties... Read more

The National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHC) an entity of the Sport, Arts and Culture Department has opened a call for Heritage Funding applications to worthy community projects in the heritage sector that seek to preserve and promote our... Read more

“UBUNTU: OUR LIVING HERITAGE” “Ubuntu” is a rich and meaningful concept that represents a core value of African culture and the living heritage that must be preserved and promoted. This philosophy emphasises the importance of community and collectivism over individualism.... Read more

On 14 March, Cultural, Heritage and Traditional activists gathered at the President Hotel in Bloemfontein for a dialogue hosted by the NHC in collaboration with the Free State Department of Sport, Arts, Recreation and Culture to assess the status of... Read more

    On 23 February, the NHC hosted a Research Seminar Day where a group of five Masters students from the UNISA Studentship programme and one from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture Internship Programme presented their Heritage Research progress... Read more

The National Heritage Council of South Africa (NHC) through the Resistance and Liberation Heritage Programme in collaboration with the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) will host a public lecture to commemorate Human Rights month under the theme: Seeking restoration of... Read more

  How far have we come in the preservation and promotion of our cultural heritage 30 years later? The political landscape changed for the better and naturally everyone expected to start enjoying their freedom as well as to exercise their... Read more