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Young Scholar Award

 

Mncedisi Jabu Siteleki has just completed his Honours project in Matatiele, through the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand.

 

 

His Dissertation: 'Plant Power and Land Use in the Maloti-Drakensberg: a case study in GIS and IKS in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, South Africa' has won the 4th Annual ESRI Young Scholar Award, and his prize is a ticket to San Diego, California, to deliver his presentation at the ESRI Conference.

 

 

Mncedisi has been part of the MARA project since 2011 as a volunteer.  He has been helping with surveys and recording rock art sites in the field, Eastern Cape.

MARA reaches over 200 sites

 

Following our last field trip in July and subsequent survey by Ntate Puseletso Lecheko, the MARA survey team has now recorded more than 200 rock art sites - not to mention the other archaeological sites we have noted on the way.

 

Thanks to James Pugin and Mncedisi Siteleki for logging the sites on the MARA database.

UNESCO World Heritage Survey of Sehlabathebe

 

After succesfully winning the rights to perform the survey of Sehlabathebe National Park, Lesotho. The first half of 2015 was set aside to survey the national park for heritage resources. Sehlabathebe was last surveyed by Lucas Smits on behalf of the ARAL (Analysis of Rock Art in Lesotho) project in the 1970s and early 1980s. The ARAL survey succesfully located a total of 85 rock art sites within the park.

 

 

The MARA team was tasked to perform a baseline survey of the National Park. The team including Dr Sam Challis, Puseletso Lecheko, Rethabile Mohkchane, Joseph Ralimpe, Lineo Mothopeng, Pulane Nthunya, Alice Mullen and James Pugin.

 

 

The survey located a total of 105 rock art sites and numerous other archaeoloigical sites. The team finalised the report at the end of 2015.

Thabi's Graduation

Thabi's Graduation Ceremony at the Great Hall, University of the Witwatersrand.

Nthabiseng Mokoena handing over a community outreach poster to Chief Lepheane in Maloti, Matatiele, Eastern Cape.

The poster addresses the conservation of rock art by local communities, and forms part of the ongoing community engagement of the MARA Programme

This was a core component of 'Thabi's MSc by research into community-involved heritage management.

Poster handover

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