Navigating the National Heritage Resources Act 2024

The National Heritage Resources Act governs all of South Africa’s built heritage but is often misunderstood.  This talk, by heritage architects Yasmin Mayat, Brian McKechnie, and Brendan Hart, aims to explain and demystify the Act, the identification of heritage buildings. 

Arch.Yasmin Mayat

Yasmin Mayat is an architect and heritage practitioner.  She cofounded Mayat Hart architects in 2012 with Brendan Hart.  Yasmin holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Cape Town, architectural degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Masters in Conservation of the Built Environment from the University of Cape Town.  She sits on a number of professional and volunteer bodies and is an accredited professional member of the Association of Professional Heritage Practitioners. In addition to professional practice Yasmin lectures honours level architectural history at the University of the Witwatersrand.  Yasmin lectures and is publishes on the topics of architectural history and conservation.

Mr. Brendan Hart

Brendan Hart cofounded Mayat Hart architects with Yasmin Mayat in 2012. Brendan holds architectural degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Master’s Degree in the Conservation of the Built environment from the University of Cape Town. He sits on a number of professional and volunteer organisations and is an accredited professional member of the Association of Professional Heritage Practitioners.  Brendan is a member of staff at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand where he teaches post and undergraduate architectural history and supervises masters students.