A presentation by the Heritage Umbrella Body HUB Steering Committee delegates

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• A presentation by the Heritage Umbrella Body
  (HUB) Steering Committee delegates
• to the
• Arts Culture PPC.

Condensed Vers 20 Jun 2006
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A National Trust for South Africa

• A vision for the future of our Heritage

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AGENDA
20 Jun 2006
What is The Hub ? How do we define
Heritage Whos responsible? Reality Check
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mistakes ? On the Ground National Heritage
Umbrella Cartoon
UK National Trust English Heritage Other overseas
sites What local models exist How organisations
qualify What can we do What do we
need Enthusiasm Contact-details
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What is the HUB ?

• At this stage we are a group of Heritage
  Organisations based in the Peninsula dedicated to
  the creation of a Heritage Umbrella Body and
  include

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The Historical Society of Cape Town
The Josephine Mill
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The Friends of Mosterts Mill
Mosterts Mill Mowbray
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Hout Bay Llandudno Heritage Trust
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Muizenberg Historical Conservation Society
Het Posthuis
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Kalk Bay Historical and Conservation Society
Kalk Bay harbour
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Palace Barracks
Simons Town Historical Society
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How do we define

Heritage
Dict- What is or may be inherited.
That which we will pass on to future generations.
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SAs Heritage

Where do the responsibilities lie?
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The Paradox of Ownership

Cultural Heritage
Natural Heritage
Arts Culture
Environment Tourism
NHRA
NEMA
Potential for confusion or even conflictor worse
still.....
Neglect and irrecoverable loss of valuabe
heritage assets.
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SAs National Heritage Estate

• National Provincial Parks
• Museums
• Heritage Sites (assets)

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SAs Heritage Conservation Dilemma.

• Means that -
• Insufficient conservation will take place.
• Few sites will be conserved.
• Heritage tourism opportunities and jobs will not
  materialise.
• Many sites will be irrevocably lost.

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SAs Heritage Conservation Dilemma.

• The sad fact is -

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SAs Heritage Conservation Dilemma.

• if you dont use it
• youll lose it!

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SAs Heritage Conservation Dilemma.

• however -

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SAs Heritage Conservation Dilemma.

• If you dont know
• you had it -
• you wont even miss it!

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SAs Heritage Conservation Dilemma.

• Where do we find heritage?What are we actually
  looking for?

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• The sites are diverse
• Our history stretches through recorded time and
  beyond - to the origins of man

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Cape St Blaise Cave . Mossel Bay
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Tourist attraction Khoi-San village next to
cave
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The Post Huis after restoration by Muizenberg
Historical Society. NGO
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Boschendal a tourism drawcard
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Another possible Heritage Jewel ? Kronendal
the oldest surviving farm in the Country.
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Many children have never seen cattle like these
once grazed here.
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• Cattle like those you have just seen were tended
  by slaves, the ancestors of this man who still
  lives nearby but no longer works on the farm
  which the owner wants to sell to developers.

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Recently a restaurant today, the magnificent
homestead is an estate agents sales office
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New Hout Bay Fire Station net to Kronendal.
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There are a few successes. Heritage Square. CT
CBD Restored 18th Century Town Houses
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Before
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.....After
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Mamres historic water mill - almost destroyed
by fire recently.

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Mamre Mission Church
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If we then ask - Where can we find the evidence
of our past?

• Throughout the country. Particularly in and
  around our urban communities, where cultural
  history has its roots and where, in some cases,
  local organisations already exist to help
  preserve their heritage.

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What is happening on the ground in communities?

Reality Check
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With a small purse you can only save so much
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Mamre 2005
Behind the buildings seen on previous slide
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Have we made mistakes !
New BOE Bldg VA Waterfront
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2001, the restored remnants of Chavonnes
Battery c.1724The second oldest structure in
Cape Town. Preserved for the public at a cost to
the developer of R10M
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A year or so later......
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Today it is closed .........
It is easy for authorities to demand the earth
if they don't have to pay! It was preserved -
but there was no viable business plan to sustain
it at the time of its inception. It could be
saved at more expense but it may remain a ten
million Rand lemon!
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We are talking about a huge Asset Management
Problem, and World-wide, governments have not
been equal to the challenge without the help of
the public and their community organisations!

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What is happening on the ground in our
communities?

In practice - In South Africa, with impunity, you
can -
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Desecrate sites with graffiti.

Scala Battery Simonstown
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VandaliseChapmans Peak

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Allow to burn downHout Bay

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NeglectFast Fout Hout Bay

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East Fort - Hout Bay
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Flagrantly destroy.....our heritage.
The site of the Noordhoek Look out recently
knocked down by the TMNP

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We are losing our assets daily and we are losing
the potential benefit of

Heritage Tourism International Domestic
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Why cant our communities get their acts together?

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Reality -
If you want to conserve or restore heritage sites
in your community you will have to undertake a
lengthy, complicated and costly process. Not for
the faint hearted!

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And the cost will probably exceed-
R15000 R10000 R20000 R10000 R20000 R25000 R?
R? /- R100 000

• Prepare a Concept Plan
• Motivate the grading of the site
• Environmental Impact Report
• Heritage Impact Assessment
• Prepare a Conservation Plan
• Archaeological Permits and digs
• Local Authority Permits
• PHRA permits

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.and that is just for the initial-
Paperwork. No wonder we are losing our heritage!

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Legislation should help to encourage

Heritage Tourism Heritage Terrorism
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How can we help communities to realise their
heritage projects?

• By creating an Umbrella body which will help
  community based heritage organisations to
  interface with the heritage authorities.
• Help identify potential heritage projects.
• Help to motivate Grading Applications.
• Help to create Conservation Plans.
• Help create Sustainable Business Plans.
• Help to find resources and raise funds

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A National Heritage Trust Umbrella

• What would be the objective ?
• To help save South Africas Heritage by using
  external leverage resources currently untapped.
• To use our heritage as a Tourism drawcard to
  educate current and future generations of South
  Africans and overseas visitors.
• To define, explain and promote our heritage in
  such a way that it is understood and appreciated
  by all.

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A National Heritage Trust Umbrella

• How can it be achieved ?

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12th Jan 1895

• Octavia Hill
• Robert Hunter
• Hardwicke Rawnsley

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12th Jan 1895

• Octavia Hill
• Robert Hunter
• Hardwicke Rawnsley

Formed the UK National Trust
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An Example- The National Trust

• 100 years old and now protect
• 244000 hectares of land 925km Coastline
• 165 Major Historic Houses 19 Castles
• 276 Gardens, deer or landscape parks.
• 431 Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
• 31 National Nature Reserves
• 60,000 Archaeological sites

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An Example- The UK National Trust

• They employ
• 3,000 permanent staff
• 4,000 seasonal staff
• 37,000 volunteers
• Their economic contribution to Britain, as one of
  their biggest tourism drawcards, is enormous!
• They are the largest custodian of private land in
  the UK, an NGO, registered as a charity.

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• However-
• The UK National Trust has evolved over time and
  now has multiple regions (or provinces) and a
  highly developed infrastructure.
• But it all started in a little community 100
  years ago

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The UK Heritage Statutory Regulator
ENGLISH HERITAGE

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However
Right now an organisation like the UK National
Trust is out of reach! We have to look
elsewhere.

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...but we can look at other overseas examples,
small as well as large.
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