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Makapans Cave, Makapansgat, Potgietersrus District
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- Current
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ShortDescription:
The South African Heritage Resources Agency hereby declare the Makapans Valley, in terms of S27 of the National Heritage
Resources Act, No. ,25 of 1999, as a National Heritage. Site. The Makapans Valley; its many caves and other sites of cultural.
historical, archaeological and gerontological importance, are situated on the farm Makapansgat 39ks some 19 kilometres from
Potgietersfus in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
FullDescription:
Makapansgat 39ks is culturally significant in the categories = aesthetic, historical, scientific, social, spiritual, linguistic and
technological value. The scientific, environmental and cultural heritage value of the site must not only be preserved but
presented to as wide a public as possible and utllised for educational purposes.
