{"id":33759,"date":"2026-05-05T12:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33759"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:40:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:40:36","slug":"sas-deputy-president-urges-protection-of-african-heritage","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sas-deputy-president-urges-protection-of-african-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s Deputy President urges protection of African heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) Deputy President Paul Mashatile says Africa&#8217;s culture and heritage need to be preserved.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He delivered the keynote address at the celebration of African World Heritage Day and the 20th Anniversary of the African World Heritage Fund, in Midrand, Gauteng Province.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Held under the theme &#8220;Celebrating Two Decades of Sustainable Investment in Africa&#8217;s Heritage,&#8221; the event brought together representatives from governments, the African Union, \u00a0United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Development Finance Institutions, the private sector, civil society, philanthropy, as well as heritage experts.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The event reflects on progress, strengthen partnerships, and mobilise renewed investment in Africa&#8217;s heritage.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15528,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-33759","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Mashatile says Africa's culture need to be preserved.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33760,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33759\/revisions\/33760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}