01627nas a2200205   4500000000100000008004100001653002800042653003300070653002000103653001100123653001700134653001700151100001800168245011300186856011800299300001000417490000600427520096800433022002001401                                       d10aApartheid and Democracy10aIndigenous knowledge systems10aLiving heritage10apolicy10aSafeguarding10aSouth Africa1 aThabo Manetsi00aSafeguarding Intangible Heritage in South Africa: a Critique of the Draft National Policy on Living Heritage  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-81255188509&partnerID=40&md5=149d548ba3dd7c4a207c05b6ab51f117  a57-690 v63 aSouth Africa published the first Draft National Policy on South African Living Heritage (hereafter Draft Policy) in 2009, sixteen years after the first democratic elections in 1994. A national policy framework on safeguarding living heritage in South Africa is long overdue, as the previous heritage legislation from the Colonial and Apartheid eras focused mainly on the conservation and management of tangible forms of heritage. Living heritage was largely marginalised and thus could not receive any formal protection from government (as it is not part of the  National Estate ). The tentative promulgation of the National Policy on Living Heritage is a commendable and progressive step towards the protection of intangible forms of heritage. The Draft Policy has been in circulation for input and comment from a wide range of stakeholders. This paper seeks to provide a rigorous critique and commentary and to make specific recommendations on the Draft Policy.  a19753586 (ISSN)