A national heritage site has historical and cultural importance. A National Heritage Site is open to the public. And South Africa has its fair share of National Heritage Site Cemeteries. Military activity, as well as liberation struggles, have added to South Africa’s illustrious…

The remains of the anti-apartheid journalist Nat Nakasa have been returned to South Africa from the US. Here we will talk about Nat Nakasa’s remains. He got a year’s fellowship to study journalism at Harvard University in 1964 and took his life a year…

There were sensitive issues regarding the reburial of slave remains in Mapungubwe, where excavators found human remains. The Limpopo site dates back 1 000 years, where a society with a highly sophisticated trade network. Limpopo trade in gold and ivory with China, India…

The Sharpeville Memorial Garden is in the Sharpeville cemetery, 14km from Vereeniging and a 45-minute drive from Johannesburg. It is a place of remembrance and gathering for the local community.   It is one of South Africa’s most iconic significant sites. And is…

A Classic hearse is still in operation after all these years. That’s even though some people don’t care how their body will get around once they’re gone. There are others who make sure they stipulate ahead of time what they want from a…

Norse Burial Rites are based on the Vikings worship of pagan gods, they would bury their dead according to these pagan rituals. The dead were buried with a range of different objects. These items have provided useful information on the lives of the…

Celtic Funeral Rituals are an intricate part of the Celtic people and In talking about the Celts, we do not talk about a nation, or even a race, but rather a culture. The nations that still observe a lot of the Celtic traditions, are…

As a World Heritage Site, The Cradle of Humankind, 50km northwest of Johannesburg is made up of caves such as the Sterkfontein Caves. The caves were the discovery place of a 2.3million year old fossil. The fossil, founded a while back in 1947,…