  Jerusarema Dance  For the first time, Southern African
countries are joining hands to create the professional and
institutional environment required for the effective
safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in their countries.
Since 2009, the countries have laid the groundwork for this
commendable initiative, notably through the MDGF Culture and
Development Programme in Namibia, and the pilot projects on
community based inventorying (in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi,
Swaziland, Zambia and Uganda) and national capacity building
exercise (Botswana, Malawi, Zambia