Click here to download the full presentation. Below are a few achievements:

• Setting up of the new De Rust Heritage website in May, 2018 in order to highlight the role of heritage in developing a strong sustainable community in De Rust and the District
• Re-registration of the previously HWC registered body of the
• De Rust Heritage Conservation Association with Heritage Western Cape in August, 2018
• Expansion of existing HOE Permit Committee - Oudtshoorn to Joint Heritage Permit Committee – September, 2018
• Research into a Heritage Overlay Zone Advisory Committee for De Rust as part of the initiative by Oudtshoorn Municipality for a Heritage Survey in Budget Year 2018/19
• Meeting with CEO of Heritage Western Cape in late 2018 relating to major issues relating to lack of communication by Heritage Western Cape on a regular basis with registered heritage bodies in the Southern Cape/Klein Karoo Region
• Formation of Southern Cape/Klein Karoo Heritage Forum incorporating all registered heritage bodies in the Southern Cape/Klein Karoo Region – February, 2019
• Oudtshoorn Municipality advertise tender in February, 2019 for a detailed Heritage Survey covering De Rust, Dysselsdorp and Oudtshoorn. Closing date 25 March, 2019
• Visit to De Rust by 80+ members of the Southern Cape Heritage Forum on Saturday 30 March, 2019.