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Editor’s Note: December 2009
This month we report back on the ‘Letters for Lulu’ campaign. Perhaps it was that November rush for the World Cup draw, but we didn’t get an audience with the Honourable Minister Lulu Xingwana in time for the December break. Instead we presented the letters to Mr Vusithemba Ndima, Acting Deputy Director General of Cultural Heritage, at the consultation for the draft Living Heritage Policy. We have published letters from professional institutions, plus our covering letter, on this website.
We celebrate the festive season with blogs on family history and the interface between science and art. We have a poll and commentary on the difficulties of memorialisation around SADF conscription. We have a special feature on intangible heritage, with a blog and meeting report, to mark the public participation process around the new draft SA national policy on living heritage.
Remember that we are offering book and cash prizes to young professionals who submit blogs, book reviews and other relevant reports for publication on the platform. This month we feature one of the entries, from Sebinane Lekoekoe. Please send submissions of around 1000 words plus a picture if possible to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) by 15 February 2010.
We wish you all the very best over the holiday season, and strength to meet the challenges and opportunities posed by 2010.
