page_title: National Heritage Council of Namibia
section_title: Notable structures and sites
hierarchical_section_title: National Heritage Council of Namibia / Notable structures and sites
caption_attribution_description: English: White lady painting (Namibia) Français&#160;: Peinture rupestre de la Dame blanche (Namibie)
context_page_description: The National Heritage Council of Namibia is a government organization in Namibia responsible for historic preservation. It was created by the National Heritage Act of 2004, which is an act "to provide for the protection and conservation of places and objects of heritage significance and the registration of such places and objects; to establish a National Heritage Council; to establish a National Heritage Register; and to provide for incidental matters". It is managed by Rev S.M. April.
  The organisation is the successor to the National Monuments Council an organisation set up under the National Monuments Act of South Africa which applied in Namibia during the period of South African rule and during the first fourteen years of independence.
  In 2007, the National Heritage Register was created as the central repository authorised by the 2004 act.
context_section_description: Battle of Ohamakari, the site of a battle during the Herero and Nama genocide, located near Okakarara
  Eenhana Memorial Shrine in Eenhana
  Heroes Acre near Windhoek
caption: The 'White Lady' rock painting at the Brandberg heritage place on which the logo of the NHC is based.
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