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Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali (Zulu for ‘Heritage KwaZulu-Natal’), commonly known as 'Amafa', is a provincial heritage resources authority in terms of South Africa's National Heritage Resources Act.〔National Heritage Resources Act, Act 25 of 1999, Government Notice 506, Republic of South Africa Government Gazette, Vol. 406, No 19974, Cape Town, 28 April 1999〕 It was established in 1997 in terms of the KwaZulu-Natal Heritage Act of that year〔The KwaZulu-Natal Heritage Act, 1997 (Act No. 10 of 1997)〕 and is an agency of the Office of the Premier of the government of the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. It is also a 'public entity' under the terms of the Public Finance Management Act.〔Section 1, Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, (as amended)〕 It is mandated to care for that part of South Africa's national estate that is of provincial and local significance in KwaZulu-Natal . Amafa is the oldest heritage resources authority in South Africa, all others being established in terms of the National Heritage Resources Act of 1999 or, in the Northern Cape, undert provincial legislation that post dates the KwaZulu-Natal Heritage Act of 1997. 〔National Heritage Resources Act, Act 25 of 1999, Government Notice 506, Republic of South Africa Government Gazette, Vol. 406, No 19974, Cape Town, 28 April 1999〕 〔Northern Cape Heritage Resources Authority Act, Act No 9 of 2013, Province of the Northern Cape Provincial Gazette Extraordinary, No 1784, 5 March 2014〕 Amafa is best known as the custodian of approximately 300 Provincial Landmarks and Heritage Landmarks in the province,〔List of heritage sites in KwaZulu-Natal〕 and several sites at which it manages interpretative centres. == History == Amafa is the successor body to the National Monuments Council in the former Natal Province and KwaZulu Monuments Council in the former KwaZulu Bantustan or homeland, in South Africa. Under the 1996 Constitution of South Africa, cultural matters are a competency shared between national and provincial government.〔Schedule 4, Part A, Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act. 108 of 1996〕 This necessitated the creation of a system whereby many of the responsibilities of former monuments authorities were devolved to provincial level via the National Heritage Resources Act. Provinces may pass their own heritage resources legislation and KwaZulu-Natal is one of only two that has chosen that route rather than to use provisions of the National Heritage Resources Act to establish a provincial heritage resources authority (PHRA). Part of the reason for this is that the first KwaZulu-Natal Heritage Act (1997) predates the National Heritage Resources Act (1999) and that there was no national framework for heritage at the time that the province resolved to establish its PHRA. The 1997 Act was replaced in 2008 by a new act of the same name.〔KwaZulu-Natal Heritage Act, Act No.4 of 2008, KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Gazette 225 of 12 February 2009〕 The Logo of the organisation is the one formerly used by the KwaZulu Monuments Council. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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