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(b) must establish and maintain, for its own use and for the use of all heritage
authorities and bodies and the public, the national heritage resources library,
including documentary and other records relating to the national estate;
(c) must promote the systematic identification and recording of the national estate
by—
(i) the development of a national strategy for the identification and
assessment of heritage resources;
(ii) the establishment and funding of a standing South African Heritage
Resources Survey which is tasked with annual projects aimed at
identifying, assessing and documenting heritage resources;
(iii) the co-ordination and support of initiatives by provincial heritage
resources authorities, any other bodies and persons to survey and record
heritage resources;
(iv) the administration, co-ordination and funding of projects and research
programmes aimed at the creation of graphic and other records of
heritage resources;
(v) training programmes and other relevant activities aimed at conserving
and documenting traditional South African building techniques and
structural forms;
(vi) promoting the identification and recording of aspects of living heritage
associated with heritage resources; and
(vii) projects aimed at increasing the volume and detail of information held in
the inventory of the national estate referred to in section 39; and
(d) must prescribe national norms and standards for the recording of information
about heritage resources in data bases maintained by itself and by provincial
heritage resources authorities.
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Establishment and constitution of SAHRA Council
14. (1) The affairs of SAHRA are under the control, management and direction of a
Council consisting of—
(a) at least nine but not more than 15 members appointed by the Minister in the
prescribed manner, of which nine members must respectively represent each
of the provinces of South Africa; and
(b) the chief executive officer of SAHRA.
(2) The members of the Council contemplated in subsection (1)(a) must be appointed
in accordance with the principles of transparency and representivity and their
appointment must take into account the desirability that the members—
(a) have among them qualifications or special experience or interest in fields
relevant to heritage resources, and the financial knowledge needed for the
efficient functioning of SAHRA; and
(b) be representative of the relevant sectoral interests and the cultural and
demographic characteristics of the population of the Republic.
(3) A member of the Council must vacate the office if the member—
(a) resigns in writing;
(b) has been absent from three consecutive meetings of the Council without the
leave of the Council;
(c) is an unrehabilitated insolvent;
(d) is found to be of unsound mind by a competent court; or
(e) is convicted of an offence involving dishonesty or bodily harm and is
sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine.
(4) The Minister may, after consultation with the Council, remove a member of the
Council from office if in the opinion of the Minister there are sound reasons for doing so
after hearing the member on those reasons.
(5) A member of the Council holds office for a period not exceeding three years, and
may be reappointed.
(6) No member may serve more than two consecutive terms.
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