South Africans celebrate Heritage Day on September 24, but it is unclear exactly what the public holiday is intended to celebrate.

For all of us to start moving forward together, we have to start agreeing on what happened in the past.

Booming urban development and a lack of awareness among South African citizens puts our heritage sites at risk.

The National Heritage Trust (NHT) has compiled a position paper that reflects its view on policy development.

Our national pride, our heritage, is something we could not do without. Everybody has a thirst for knowledge about one's own country.

A common heritage is developing among the younger generation.

Africa Day next week is an opportunity for universities to interrogate Western hegemony

All South Africans must be made to feel part of Heritage Day, even if that meant accepting that some would gather around a braai.

President Jacob Zuma said on Friday that South Africans should draw a lesson from the World Cup with regards to national unity.

People without a memory cannot chart their past to the future, acting president and Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri said on Monday during national Heritage Day celebrations in the Free State. "Poetry plays a significant role in the restoration of the memory of a nation," she said.