New Signs Erected in Richtersveld World Heritage Site
A feature on the Department of Tourism's rollout of interpretive signage across South Africa's eight World Heritage Sites, focusing on the Richtersveld, a 160,000-hectare communally owned desert landscape recognised for its cultural significance and the semi-nomadic pastoral lifestyle of the Nama people.
Written while serving as Marketing Manager for Open Africa, the service provider appointed to the project, the piece covers the practical and conservation purposes of the signs (way-finding, permit information, QR-linked route details) alongside the deeper cultural context, including the Nama's seasonal migration and their portable rush-mat houses (haru om), one of the last living examples of the practice in Southern Africa.
Bojanala Magazine (National Department of Tourism), July - September 2015
