The KwaZulu-Natal Amafa and Research Institute (The Institute) is the provincial heritage resources authority (PHRA) for the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. The Institute is owned by the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government.
Amafa, the predecessor to The Institute, was established as a statutory body in terms of the KZN Heritage Act of 1997, replaced by the KZN Heritage Act of 2008.
The Institute became the official PHRA on 14 December 2018 when the new KwaZulu-Natal Amafa and Research Institute Act 5 of 2018 was Gazetted.
The new Council of The Institute was appointed by the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal and took up office in 2019. The Institute fell under the portfolio of the MEC of Arts and Culture from April 2019 and is funded through a grant from the Legislature through the same department.
The Institute has offices in Pietermaritzburg (head office) and Ulundi, and manages several major heritage projects such as the Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift Battlefields, Border Cave archaeological site and the KwaZulu Cultural Museum.
All compliance processes for development, structural/visual changes to protected buildings and archaeological and battlefield sites in KwaZulu-Natal are administered from the Pietermaritzburg office.
Overseeing Department/Entity
Office Bearers/Management
CEO
- Dr Mxolisi Dlamuka (Head of Secretariat and Administration)
CFO
- Mr Akash Rampersad
Senior Management
- Mr Mwelela Cele (Deputy Head: Research and Innovation)
- Ms Mariagrazia Galimberti (Senior Specialist: World Heritage)
- Mrs Busi Masinga (Deputy Head: Corporate Services)
- Ms Cheryl Moodley-Chinnasami (Legal Officer)
- Mr Mbulelo Mrubata (Deputy Head: Heritage Promotion, Site Management and Programmes)
- Mr Thilogran Pillay (Assistant Head: Finance)
Contact Details
The contact details of the KwaZulu-Natal Amafa and Research Institute are listed in the table below.
| Physical Address: | 195 Langalibalele Street, Pietermaritzburg, 3201 |
| Postal Address: | P.O. Box 2685, Pietermaritzburg, 3200 |
| Telephone: | 033 394 6543 |
| Email: | info@amafainstitute.org.za |
| Website: | amafainstitute.org.za |
