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
South Africa
Ratification of the Convention:
Thursday, 10 July 1997
1999-2005 2009-2013
Source:
Official Relations (UNESCO/ERI)
South Africa
UNESCO Country page
South Africa
UNESCO Country page
Permanent Delegation of the Republic of South Africa to UNESCO
H. E. Mr Rapulane Sydney Molekane
Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of South
Africa in France, Permanent Delegate
World Heritage
Within UNESCO
Other sources of information