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4.2.3 Heritage, Languages, IKS and Geographical Names The department continues to manage and support 3 monuments: Boipatong Monument and Youth Centre; the Women’s Living Heritage Monument (WLHM); and the Kagiso Memorial and Recreation Centre. The department supported the WLHM and the Kagiso Memorial and Recreational Centre with funding for day-to-day maintenance and operations such as cleaning and security services. These venues are used for ¿ lm, arts and culture programmes when required. The funds for the operationalisation of the Boipatong Monument and Youth Centre were transferred in November 2019 to the Sedibeng District Municipality. The municipality is responsible for implementation of projects such as the annual commemoration of the Boipatong Massacre which took place on 17 June 1992 and is annually commemorated to honour the fallen victims; and for the day to day operationalisation of the monument such as paying for cleaning and security. In this reporting period, the Provincial Heritage Resources Authority Gauteng (PHRA-G) set to declare 25 heritage sites. By the end of March 2020, 42 applications were received; 19 sites were provisionally declaredGrade II heritage sites in terms of Section 29 of the National Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1999. The 19 sites approved were from the City of Johannesburg (10), City of Tshwane (6) and City of Ekurhuleni (3). Workshops were held in the City of Ekurhuleni on 16 October 2019, on 11 December 2019 in the West Rand and on 11 March 2020 with Rand Water to create awareness about the PHRA-G applications process and to strengthen working relations and partnerships in heritage conservation. The Declarations Committee met ¿ ve times during the year to review applications/nominations for Gauteng heritage sites for future generations and made the public aware about important sites in their areas. The committee appointed for the 2016 – 2019 term of of ¿ ce consisted of 3 members (2 male and 1 female). Non-approval of sites was due to incomplete applications, lack of clear statements of signi ¿ cance, lack of consultation with relevant stakeholders and poor/unclear pictures.

The department identi ¿ ed a total of six resistance heritage liberation routes during the 2019/20 ¿ nancial year. The Soweto route 2 : this starts at the grave of Dr Abu Bakker Asvat and ends at Naledi High School. The route was part of the history of the struggle for freedom in South Africa. Westpark cemetery route : this starts with the grave of Nkosi Johnson and ends at the grave of the great musician Johnny Clegg. Extension of the Soweto route 2 : sites included are the grave of Dr Abu Bakker Asvat to the grave of Kate Ellen Kuzwayo. Extension of the Johannesburg route : this starts from the house of Sophie de Bruyn; to the grave of Vesta Smith; and Walter and Albertina Sisulu; the route includes the grave of. Hammanskraal route : this starts at the house of Frances Baard and ends at the Nelson Mandela statue. Avalon route : this incorporates the graves of liberation heroes and heroines, starting with the grave of Lilian Ngoyi and Helen Joseph and other heroes like Hector Pieterson, the SS Mendi Memorial and ends at the Grave of Dr Abu Bakker Asvat in Lenasia Cemetery adjacent to Avalon Cemetery. The department conducted 4 oral history projects and 6 data quality assessments sessions . These bene ¿ tted approximately 633 people. They included the Tswelopele National Recordal Inception that took place on 18 April 2019 at the Tswelopele Community Hall in Magaliesburg. In partnership with Ekurhuleni Municipality, the department launched an Indigenous Peoples Responsibility dialogue on 8 August 2019 at the Boksburg Civic Centre towards the development of an Indigenous Peoples Rights Charter for South Africa and endorsing the 2010 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The department in partnership with Route2Roots TM hosted an International Indigenous People’s Festival on 16 December 2019. A total of 6 data quality assessments were conducted during the third quarter of the reporting year; and the department attended the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) information sharing session in Upington, Northern Cape hosted by the Department of Science and Innovation from 1–5 March 2020.

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