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Developing Policy on Heritage Crime in Southern Africa

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Heritage crime is defined by common law and heritage law. Looking at the legislation of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, heritage crime in southern Africa can be broadly defined as:

  • theft within the context that all archaeological, palaeontological and meteorite material belongs to the state;

  • i11ega1 excavation of,or removing heritage ob] ectsfrom their origina1 sites without a permit;

  • vandalism, destruction or alteration of heritage objects and sites without a permit, including protected buildings and rock art;

  • and import and export of protected heritage objects without a permit.

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  1. National Heritage Council of South Africa, South Africa

    Helene Vollgraaff (Policy Research Specialist)

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  1. Loughborough University, UK

    Louise Grove (Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy) (Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Social Policy)

  2. University of Helsinki, Finland

    Suzie Thomas (University Lecturer in Museology) (University Lecturer in Museology)

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Vollgraaff, H. (2014). Developing Policy on Heritage Crime in Southern Africa. In: Grove, L., Thomas, S. (eds) Heritage Crime. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137357519_10

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