On Friday, 25 March South Africa’s champions of heritage were honoured at the
National Heritage Council (NHC) of South Africa’s annual Golden Shield Heritage
Awards hosted in partnership with the Limpopo Department of Sport, Arts and
Culture (DSAC) at Meropa Casino in Polokwane.
“Through these awards, the NHC is able to identify quality projects and put them on
a platform for the project leaders to grow while others learn from them,” said Dr
Ndivhoniswani Lukhwareni, Chief Executive Officer of the NHC.
World renowned, Peter Gabriel was recognised with the Ubuntu Honour for his
initiative on the World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) movement founded in
1982 to drive job creation and cultural tourism whilst featuring unique and
high-quality performances in iconic venues. The movement promotes equality and
dignity to all humanity through fundraising. Most importantly, this movement staged
the first concert that started the Release Mandela Campaign.
Gabriel was part of The Elders which was launched by Nelson Mandela in 2007. In
recognition of his many years of human rights activism, he received the Man of
Peace award from the Nobel Peace Prize laureates in 2006, and Time magazine
named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Winners per category received R20, 000 cash with R10, 000 each received by
runners up.
The following are the Winners in the Categories:
CATEGORY
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FINALIST
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PROFILE
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1.National Living
Treasure
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Dr. Mashudu Rubson
Dima
Province: Limpopo
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The 81 year-old Dr Mashudu Rubson
Dima is a traditional healer and
founder of a non-profit and
community-based organization called
AFYEMD. He works with schools,
youth in communities, academic
researchers on aspects of indigenous
knowledge, culture, and cultural
biodiversity. Dr Dima advocates for the
value of indigenous knowledge
systems, the significance of preserving
nature as well as aspects of
indigenous healing and medicinal
plants. Through his programmes, he
has created space of intergenerational
learning and dialogue. He has
contributed to decolonizing community
health care services regarding the
traditional way of managing diseases
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and cultural practices which might
have an impact on the management of
diseases such as HIV and Aids. He
has been practicing as an indigenous
healer for 60 years. Dr Dima has
worked with different Universities at
international and local levels on
Indigenous Knowledge Systems, with
social workers in Vhembe district as
well as different government
departments.
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2.Preferred Heritage
Destination
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Cape Muslim & Slave
Heritage Museum
Province: Western
Cape
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The CAPE MUSLIM & SLAVE
HERITAGE MUSEUM is at the Cape
Castle of Good Hope in the Western
Cape. It narrates an unedited history of
the Cape by exploring the arrival of the
Portuguese and Dutch; their interaction
with the indigenous San and Khoi
people of South Africa. The museum
has become a platform which creates
the awareness of both the past and
living history, depicting both the historic
and current events which have
impacted the country as a whole and
the broader Cape Town area. It
showcases exhibitions, one thousand
five hundred (1,500) paintings,
artifacts, photographs and relics;
presentation and tours of Cape Muslim
and slave history.
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3.Young Heritage
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Njabulo Mahlangu
Province: Gauteng
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Njabulo Mahlangu is a 22 year old
young man. At the age of 6, he was
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Activist
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already on the international stage
performing folk dances and music. He
inherited this intangible knowledge
from his family community
organisation. In 2014, he decided to
adventure on his own journey by
starting a safeguarding traditional
games project and African cuisine
snack bar called JamFood. In 2016
Njabulo was invited to Germany (Bonn)
by the Federal Minister for Economic
Cooperation and Development as a
young South African ambassador to
address the topic of cultural diversity
and
preservation of history on indigenous
knowledge globally. Annually on the
16th of June, he organises an event
bringing together parents and children
to cook African cuisine and play
indigenous games.
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4.Voice of Heritage
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Mukundi Lambane
Province: Limpopo
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Mukundi Lambane is the founder and
director of Ambani Africa, an Edtech
company that offers
technology-enabled African language
content. The start-up teaches young
learners mother-tongue through
gaming and augmented reality, an
interactive experience of a real-world
environment, making it a fun learning
resource. The company offers a free
app that uses gaming to teach young
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learners African languages and culture.
The app features isiZulu, isiXhosa,
Sepedi, Setswana, Tshivenda,
Xitsonga, Shona and Swahili. The
company also has augmented reality
books that come to life in different
languages.
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5. Corporate Heritage
Management
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Tintswalo Khoza
Province: Limpopo
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Ms. Tintswalo Khoza is traditional
healer who uses bones to
communicate with her ancestors and
balances between being a traditionalist
and a travel consultant. After working
10 years for big travel companies, in
2013 she decided to open her own
travel agency in Thohoyandou with the
aim of growing Vhembe tourism
focusing on the promotion of culture
and heritage. In 2014 she co-hosted
the first ever Mapungubwe Cultural
Landscape & Heritage celebration
event, where 2500 people from the 43
municipalities in Vhembe District
attended. The event was a true
success which gave her the confidence
to promote heritage tourism to
international markets.
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6.Liberation Heritage
Steward
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Susie Panther
Province: KwaZulu
Natal
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Susie Panther is an 80 year old
cricketer. She travelled worldwide to
campaign for freedom, democracy,
Human rights, justice, nation building
and Peace during the years of
apartheid. Susie also empowered
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disadvantaged women, girls and boys
in cricket.
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7.Heritage Education
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Ntokozo Mbuli
Province: Gauteng
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Ntokozo Mbuli is currently the
Producer of a hybrid nature-culture
series that highlights the importance of
indigenous knowledge, titled
IMVELOGY on SABC 2. The show
teaches about the value of indigenous
knowledge and our cultural traditions
and practices. It further explores how
indigenous knowledge can be used to
protect and conserve the natural world.
Each episode of a series focuses on a
specific clan in a journey of historical
and cultural discovery. It draws
knowledge from the elders, cultural
history experts and African language
academics, to bring us a greater
understanding of how exactly our roots
are aligned with conservation.
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Contacts of the winners can be requested from Ms Tebogo Shilakwe – 084 597 8881
#GOSHA2022
For interview requests, please contact: Tebogo Shilakwe, (012) 748 3919/084 597
8881 email: t.shilakwe@nhc.org.za. OR Jermina Kaka 082 560 7197
kakaj@sac.limpopo.gov.za
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