Intangible heritage: A Study of Memory heritage Sites in Two Cape Town Townships

The first decade of the fully democratic South Africa has witnessed the proliferation of memorialisation, the production of heritage that reflects resistance history and the brutality of the apartheid forces and the commemoration of the fallen and living freedom fighters. In this period we also witnessed the inscription of our national past on memorials. The heritage sites that form this study of the two Cape Town townships, Langa and Gugulethu, have significance for the local communities at various levels. The Court Office Building in Langa has symbolic value and connection that expresses oppression and the racial discriminatory laws that existed in South Africa before the birth of the fully democratic society.