National Monuments Council (South Africa and Namibia)

National Monuments Council
AbbreviationNMC
Established1969
Dissolved2000
Legal statusDefunct
Region served
South Africa and Namibia

The National Monuments Council (NMC) was the national heritage conservation authority of South Africa, and therefore also of Namibia, during the major part of the apartheid era. It was the successor body to the Historical Monuments Commission and became known principally for its declaration of several thousand national monuments.[1][2] It came into being through the promulgation of the National Monuments Act of 1969 and ceased to exist on 31 March 2000 when it was replaced by SAHRA and the provincial heritage resources authorities established in terms of the National Heritage Resources Act of 1999.[3][4]

  1. ^ Section 19, National Monuments Act, Act 28 of 1969
  2. ^ List of heritage sites in South Africa
  3. ^ National Monuments Act, Act 28 of 1969 as amended to 1979
  4. ^ 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