The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) is a statutory organisation established under the National Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1999, as the national administrative body responsible for the protection of South Africa’s cultural heritage.
The Act follows the principle that heritage resources should be managed by the levels of government closest to the community. These local and provincial authorities will manage heritage resources as part of their planning process.
The South African Heritage Resources Agency is a public entity of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC) under the National Government of South Africa.
In order to develop the skills and capacities of communities, heritage resource agencies will promote education and training to encourage public involvement in the identification of heritage resources, with the recording of living heritage associated with heritage and oral history as a crucial element, because much of the past is undocumented.
The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) creates an awareness among the people of South Africa of their right to conserve what they consider to be valuable heritage resources, the mechanisms for doing this, and to recognise the exciting new possibilities that the Act creates for them.
Overseeing Department/Entity
Office Bearers/Management
Chairperson
- Dr Luyanda Mpahlwa
Council Members
- Mr Vincent Maumela
- Mr Mandla Mdludlu
- Mr Patric Tariq Mellet
- Dr Vikinduku Mnculwane
- Mr Benjamin Moduka
- Ms Rehana Khan Parker
- Mr Tsephiso Poho
- Mr Khularo Ramantsi
- Mr Motsaathebe Serekoane
- Dr Jonathan Sharfman
Chief Executive Officer
- Adv Lungisa Malgas
Chief Financial Officer
- Ms Ditsietsi Alice Keta (Interim)
Senior Management
- Ms Zaida Allie (Manager: Heritage Properties and Facilities)
- Mr Devon Bruiners (Manager: Business Development)
- Ms Lauren Buchanan (Manager: Built Environment)
- Mr Jake Harding (Manager: National Inventory)
- Ms Lee-Anne Henry (Manager: Internal Audit)
- Ms Natasha Higgit (Manager: Development Applications)
- Mr Phillip Hine (Manager: Archaeology, Palaeontology and Meteorites and Maritime & Underwater Cultural Heritage)
- Mr Clinton Jackson (Senior Manager: Heritage Information, Policy and Skills)
- Ms Lesa la Grange (Manager: Policy and Skills Development)
- Ms Nkosazana Queenie Machete (Manager: Heritage Protection)
- Mr Ngqalabutho Madida (Manager: Burial Grounds and Graves)
- Ms Bongiwe Madolo (Management Accountant)
- Ms Margaret Mazyambe (Acting Manager: Planning Monitoring and Evaluation)
- Ms Leomile Mofutsanyana (Acting Manager: Heritage Objects)
- Mr Simphiwe Mome (Head of Legal and Company Secretary)
- Ms Ntombozuko Mphambani (Executive Officer: Corporate Services)
- Mr Sboniso Mthembu (Acting Manager: Supply Chain Management)
- Mr Stephen Muller (Acting Manager: ICT)
- Mr Ben Mwasinga (Senior Manager: Heritage Conservation Management)
- Ms Mamakomoreng Nkhasi-Lesaoana (Executive Officer: Heritage Resources Management)
- Mr Troy Phili (Manager: Repatriation and Restitution Office)
- Ms Masiye Pilusa (Manager: Human Resources)
- Mr Yazeed Sadien (Manager: Marketing and Communications)
- Mr Paul Tiyago (Manager: Finance)
Communications Officers
- Ms Tashriqah Safter (Heritage Officer: Graphic and Marketing Officer)
Contact Details
The contact details of the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) are listed in the table below.
| Physical Address: | 111 Harrington Street, Cape Town |
| Postal Address: | P.O. Box 4637, Cape Town, 8000 |
| Telephone: | 021 462 4502 |
| Email: | info@sahra.org.za |
| Website: | www.sahra.org.za |
