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THE RETURN OF MAKHANDA/ NXELE

A brave warrior and commander who fought under Chief Ndlambe during the wars of resistance against land dispossession.

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT

The Amathole District Municipality: Heritage Section was established in 2003/04 financial year. Since then it has been involved in the identification of a series of programmes that are based on heritage resources management. Based on that, a Heritage Resources Management Strategy was developed with clear objectives and strategies.
It is through the Amathole District Municipality: Heritage Resources Management Strategy that a programme called Heritage Research and Collections that focuses on the recollection and repatriation of heritage property from foreign land, was also identified and included in our 2012/2013 Integrated Development Plan.

The strategic objective of the programme is to identify and facilitate repatriation of any heritage property whose original habitat is within the Amathole District Municipal jurisdiction.

LEGISLATION

The programme is mandated by the Municipal Finance Management Act 2004 that obligates the Municipal Manager to ensure that all movable and immovable heritage property within his municipal jurisdiction is properly identified, preserved and managed.

ADM EMERGING GOLFERS GOT A CHANCE TO MEET THEIR HEROUS FACE TO FACE.

( Photo taken by Sisa Sityata Soga )

In terms of the Amathole District Municipality’s Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan ( SDBIP ) the institution is mandated to assist its seven local municipalities with Sport Development hence the formation of Sport Development Strategy. The Strategy is to be submitted to council for adoption.