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The South African Heritage Resources Information System (SAHRIS) has undergone a generational upgrade and restructure. These changes to the site include, but are not limited to:

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  • Improved site performance and stability

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Heritage & Training Collaborate

“Reclaiming, restoring and celebrating our heritage” is the theme for this year’s heritage month. The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) has a mandate to identify, protect & promote South African cultural heritage resources. SASSETA’s vision is to be a leader in skills development and training for safety and security.

Shawn Berry, Sophie Winton and Mike Keet at the Diaz Maritime Museum, where the Maritime Underwater Cultural Heritage (MUCH) unit did an interesting presentation on Monday, 26 August. Photo by Nickey le Roux

Protection for underwater heritage

Article by Nickey le Roux and courtesy of the Mossel Bay Advertiser, run on Friday 30th August 2013.

SAS Pietermaritzburg, formerly the HMS Pelorus

SAS Pietermaritzburg Wreck: National Heritage Site Declaration

By virtue of the powers vested in the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) in terms of section 27(5) of the National Heritage Resources Act, 25 of 1999, SAHRA hereby declares the SAS Pietermaritzburg shipwreck site off Millers Point near Simons Town as a National Heritage Site

By Davinci77 [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

Union Buildings, Pretoria: Proposed National Heritage Site Declaration

NOTIFICATION IN TERMS OF SECTION 27(8)(c) OF THE NATIONAL HERITAGE RESOURCES ACT, ACT NO 25 OF 1999, OF THE INTENTION TO DECLARE THE UNION BUILDINGS, PORTIONS OF THE FARM ELANDSPOORT 357-JR, CITY OF TSHWANE, GAUTENG, 120 PLEIN STREET, CAPE TOWN AND TUYNHUYS, PARLIAMENTARY PRECINCT, AS A NATIONAL HERITAGE SITE

Shipwrecks Presentation at Noordhoek Ski Boat Club 23 August 2013

SAHRA's Maritime and Underwater Cultural Heritage Unit is presenting a talk on the importance of shipwreck conservation at the Noordhoek Ski Boat Club on Friday 23 August 2013, starting at 18:00. All are welcome to attend.

Protect South African Moveable Cultural Heritage

Pamphlet covering all you need to know about the permitting process around the import and export of heritage objects

Preserving Underwater Heritage

SAHRA's MUCH Unit advert which is currently featured in the June/July issue of Submerge magazine

Lithic Scatter Questionnaire for Archaeologists

Calling on all archaeologists practising in South Africa to fill in the attached questionnaire related to identifying, recording and assessing the significance of lithic scatters

Articles from International Museum Day at Iziko

SAHRA's Maritime and Underwater Archaeology Unit collaborated with Iziko Museum on IMD on 18th May 2013. Download the attached pdf to read more about it..

The large thigh bone (femur) protruding from the ground was the fossil that drew attention to this important dinosaur exposed in a road cutting along the R393 near the Barkley Pass. All of this exposed femur (35cm) was stolen on Wednesday 15th May

Dinosaur Fossil Bone Stolen!

An important fossil was stolen between Mountain Shadows and Moshesh's Ford in the Eastern Cape on 15th May 2013. A report on the case appeared in the Star newspaper on Friday 31st May 2013.

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