The heritage month of September signals a time for hope and growth. Nature awakens from the deep winter hibernation and plants sprout their best colours. If everything natural around us takes September as a month of renewal then we the people should also in some...
The National Heritage Council of South Africa will be honouring winners of the Golden Shield Heritage Awards on 18 November 2015 from 18h00 at the Gallagher Convention Centre. The finalists in four categories have been named while those in the remaining six categories will be...
The annual commemoration of Nkosi Ntsikayezwe Twenty-man Sigcau (1947–1996) will be attended by respected guests on 11 September 2015 at Ntabankulu Municipality Hall on 11 September 2015, 14h00 to 17h00. The main speaker will be Adv Sonwabile Mancotywa, the CEO of the National Heritage Council...
The United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has approved the extension of the Cape Floral Region Protected Areas World Heritage Site. Unesco said on its website on 3 July that the Cape Floral Region was inscribed on to the World Heritage List in 2004....
GOLDEN SHIELD HERITAGE AWARDS Call for nominations Closing 15 August 2015 The National Heritage Council (NHC) of South Africa wishes to honour champions who work selflessly to make the country proud of its African heritage. You are invited to nominate people or organisations that do excellent work in...
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the South African Freedom Charter. This milestone will be celebrated at a public dialogue that is hosted by the National Heritage Council (NHC) and Ditsong Museums of South Africa on 25 June 2015 in Pretoria. The panel of...
Advocate Sonwabile Mancotywa, CEO National Heritage Council Presented at the Solomon Mahlangu Memorial Lecture, Nkonkobe Municipality Fort Beaufort Town Hall, 23 June 2015 Programme Director, Honoured Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Comrades and Friends, on behalf of the National Heritage Council (NHC), I would like to thank you for...
The University of Stellenbosch has taken a bold step to remove the commemorative plaque honouring the former South Africa’s apartheid Prime Minister, H F Verwoerd from the campus’ Accounting and Statistics building on 27 May 2015. This visual symbol was not a unifying reflection of...
We have learned with disappointment about the Gauteng High Court ruling in favour of the Federation of Governing Bodies of SA Schools (FEDSAS) that single medium schools may continue because the School Governing Bodies have the legislative right to decide on the language use in...
AH! Zwelonke! The National Heritage Council congratulated the AmaXhosa king, Mpendulo Zwelonke Sigcau, whose coronation took place at Nqadu Great Place on 15 May 2015. The President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma attended the ceremony together with many other royals. This was a historic occasion. According to...
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