Provincial heritage sites in South Africa are places that are of historic or cultural importance within the context of the province concerned and which are for this reason declared in terms of Section 28 of the National Heritage Resources Act (NHRA) or legislation of the applicable province. The designation was a new one that came into effect with the introduction of the Act on 1 April 2000 when all former national monuments declared by the former National Monuments Council and its predecessors became provincial heritage sites as provided for in Section 58 of the Act.
5-638: THE PRICE WE PAID FOR THE FREEDOM THAT COMES UNSOILED TO YOUR HAND READ REVERE AND UNCOVER FOR HERE ARE THE VICTORS LAID The Honoured Dead Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Kimberley in the Northern Cape province of South Africa . It is situated at the meeting point of five roads, and commemorates those who died defending the city during the Siege of Kimberley in the Anglo-Boer War . In 1986, it
10-650: Is required to work on them. Provincial heritage sites are declared and administered by the relevant provincial heritage resources authority whilst national heritage sites are the responsibility of SAHRA . KwaZulu-Natal is the only province to have its own heritage legislation and provincial heritage sites are known as either 'heritage landmarks' or 'provincial landmarks' depending upon whether they are privately or government owned. Most provincial heritage sites are still marked with an old national monuments badge, but provincial heritage resources authorities in KwaZulu-Natal,
15-514: The tomb of 27 soldiers. It features an inscription that Rhodes specifically commissioned Rudyard Kipling to write. The Long Cecil gun that was designed and manufactured by George Labram in the workshops of De Beers during the siege is mounted on its stylobate (facing the Free State ). It is surrounded by shells from the Boer Long Tom . The memorial was dedicated on 28 November 1904. It
20-679: Was described in the Government Gazette as Cecil John Rhodes commissioned Sir Herbert Baker to design a memorial...which commemorates those who fell during the Kimberley Siege. Rhodes sent Baker to Greece to study ancient memorials - the Nereid Monument at Xanthus greatly influenced his design. The monument is built of sandstone quarried in the Matopo Hills in Zimbabwe and is
25-450: Was vandalised in 2010 when brass fittings were broken off parts of the gun. This article about a South African building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Provincial heritage site (South Africa) Both provincial and national heritage sites are protected under the terms of Section 27 of the NHRA or legislation of the relevant province and a permit
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