South Africa

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (10)

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Sites on the Tentative List (5)

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• 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 (19)

• Strengthening marine World Heritage in Sudan through South-South cooperation Friday, 12 October 2018
• Four sites added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List Monday, 2 July 2018
• Namib Sand Sea – First prize of heritage photo contest Wednesday, 16 May 2018
• #MyAfricanHeritage – Participate in the African World Heritage Day photo contest Monday, 16 April 2018
• CEO of iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority receives 2017 KfW-Bernhard-Grzimek-Preis Thursday, 4 May 2017

Events (16)

• Third World Heritage Marine Managers Conference 27-Aug-2016-31-Oct-2018
• 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" 26-Sep-2012-29-Sep-2012
• International Conference- "Living with World Heritage in Africa” Call for contributions 26-Sep-2012-29-Sep-2012