page_title: Heritage Western Cape
section_title: Funding
hierarchical_section_title: Heritage Western Cape / Funding
caption_attribution_description: English: Excavations in progress in one of the Pinnacle Point Caves, 2011 This media shows a South African Protected Site with SAHRA file reference 0000000000.
context_page_description: Heritage Western Cape is a provincial heritage resources authority established by the Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport of the government of the Western Cape province in South Africa. It is a public entity set up under the terms of the National Heritage Resources Act. It is mandated to care for that part of South Africa's national estate that is of provincial and local significance in the Western Cape. It may delegate responsibility for heritage resources of local significance to competent municipal governments.
  Heritage Western Cape is best known as the custodian of approximately 2,500 provincial heritage sites, but is also responsible for administration of other forms of protection of heritage established under the terms of the National Heritage Resources Act.
context_section_description: Heritage Western Cape receives an annual transfer payment from the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport which covers the bulk of its operational costs. Its staff members are public servants in the employ of the Department which carries the cost of their salaries and benefits. Other sources of income include fees levied from charges for processing of applications.
caption: Excavations at Pinnacle Point, a provincial heritage site important to the understanding of the origins of modern humans, Mossel Bay
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