Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali

KwaZulu-Natal Amafa and Research Institute (Zulu for 'Heritage KwaZulu-Natal'), commonly known as 'Amafa', is a provincial heritage resources authority in terms of South Africa's National Heritage Resources Act. and is an agency of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. It is also a 'public entity' under the terms of the Public Finance Management Act. It is mandated to care for that part of South Africa's national estate that is of provincial and local significance in KwaZulu-Natal.

Amafa is the oldest heritage resources authority in South Africa, all others being established in terms of the National Heritage Resources Act of 1999 or, in the Northern Cape, under provincial legislation that post dates the KwaZulu-Natal Heritage Act of 1997. Amafa is best known as the custodian of approximately 300 provincial landmarks and heritage landmarks in the province, and several sites at which it manages interpretative centres.