The management of heritage resources in the Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Lesotho-South Africa : reflecting on the benefits of world heritage status

dc.contributor.authorNdlovu, Ndukuyakhe
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-08T06:17:25Z
dc.date.issued2016-12-30
dc.description.abstractThe boundary of uKhahlamba Drakensberg Park (uDP), first inscribed on the list of World Heritage Sites on 29 November 2000, was extended in 2013 to include the Sehlabathebe National Park in Lesotho. The new transboundary World Heritage Site was named the Maloti-Drakensberg Park. This paper offers a critique of the management of heritage resources in the South African portion of the World Heritage Site, the uDP, and the involvement of and benefits for communities living on the borders of the site. I note that the management authority for the South African side of the Maloti-Drakensberg Park does not have cultural heritage management expertise. I further show that the concept of indigeneity is problematic, that neighbouring communities have been historically and in some quarters continually disregarded in the management of protected areas and heritage, and that there are still a number of challenges when it comes to the structures established to improve their involvement in the uDP. However, there have been positive benefits accruing as the result of this inscription.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentAnthropology and Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2018-06-30
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.sahumanities.org/ojs/index.php/SAHen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNdlovu, N 2016, 'The management of heritage resources in the Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Lesotho-South Africa : reflecting on the benefits of world heritage status', Southern African Humanities, vol. 28, pp. 103-117.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1681-5564 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2305-2791 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/60915
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherKwaZulu-Natal Museumen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016 KwaZulu-Natal Museumen_ZA
dc.subjectInvolvementen_ZA
dc.subjectBenefitsen_ZA
dc.subjectIndegenousen_ZA
dc.subjectSecret Sanen_ZA
dc.subjectuKhahlamba Drakensberg Park (uDP)en_ZA
dc.subjectWorld heritage siteen_ZA
dc.titleThe management of heritage resources in the Maloti-Drakensberg Park, Lesotho-South Africa : reflecting on the benefits of world heritage statusen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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