South Africa
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (8)
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Cultural (4)
- Fossil Hominid Sites of South Africa (1999)
- Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003)
- Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (2007)
- Robben Island (1999)
Natural (3)
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004)
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park (1999)
- Vredefort Dome (2005)
Mixed (1)
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park (2000)
Properties submitted on the Tentative List (7)
A Tentative List is an inventory of those properties which each State Party intends to consider for nomination. More about the Tentative List Process...
- The !Xam Khomani Heartland (2004)
- The Barberton Mountain Land, Barberton Greenstone Belt or Makhonjwa Mountains (2009)
- Succulent Karoo Protected Areas (2009)
- Liberation Heritage Route (2009)
- Early Farmsteads of the Cape Winelands (2015)
- The Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South Africa (2015)
- Human Rights, Liberation Struggle and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites (2015)
Activities (4)
- Enhancing our Heritage- Monitoring and managing for success in World Natural Heritage sites
- World Heritage in Young Hands Visual Arts Workshop (2005)
- Technical and preparatory assistance for the inscription of iSimangaliso Wetland Park and Maloti-Drakensberg Park, South Africa and Lesotho
- Sustainable Tourism Capacity Building
News (14)
- Increasing youth involvement in the promotion and protection of African World Heritage Friday, 29 April 2016
- Call for Participants: Regional Youth Forum for World Heritage in Africa (Deadline 31 January 2016) Friday, 11 December 2015
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area sets path for sustainable tourism Tuesday, 24 March 2015
- World Heritage stakeholders come together to develop a sustainable tourism strategy for Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls Monday, 2 February 2015
- Announcement for Internship Opportunities (South Africa and Benin) Tuesday, 20 January 2015
Events (15)
- World Heritage Youth Forum (2016) Africa 28-Apr-2016-04-May-2016
- International World Heritage Youth Forum: Living with Heritage: Temple, Environment and People (T.E.P.) 08-Jun-2013-17-Jun-2013
- International Conference- "Living with World Heritage in Africa” Call for contributions 26-Sep-2012-29-Sep-2012
- International Conference "Living with World Heritage in Africa" 26-Sep-2012-29-Sep-2012
- World Heritage and Impacts of Developments in the Africa region 23-May-2012-25-May-2012
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South Africa
Ratification of the Convention:
Thursday, 10 July 1997
1999-2005 2009-2013
World Heritage
Within UNESCO
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