South Africa

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1999 - 2005
• 2009 - 2013

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Pleistocene occupation sites of Klasies River, Border Cave, Wonderwerk Cave and comparable sites relating to the emergence of modern humans (1998)
• Pilgrim's Rest Reduction Works Industrial Heritage Site (2004)
• Kimberley Mines and Associated Early Industries (2004)
• The !Xam Khomani Heartland (2004)
• Alexandria Coastal Dunefields (2009)
• Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2009)
• The Cape Winelands Cultural Landscape (2009)
• The Barberton Mountain Land, Barberton Greenstone Belt or Makhonjwa Mountains (2009)
• The Prince Edward Islands (2009)
• Succulent Karoo Protected Areas (2009)
• Liberation Heritage Route (2009)
• The Namaqualand Copper Mining Landscape (2009)
• The Cape Arc of Meridian (2009)

Activities

• Enhancing our Heritage- Monitoring and managing for success in World Natural Heritage sites

News

• Twenty-two new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, and one deleted during Committee meeting in Christchurch Jun 29, 2007

Events

• Rock Art and the World Heritage Convention - International Experts Meeting Apr 3, 2009 - Apr 8, 2009
• Capacity-building Workshop for Youth Leaders in South Africa May 21, 2007 - May 25, 2007
• Climate Change and World Heritage: Expert Meeting Mar 16, 2006 - Mar 17, 2006
• Towards an African world heritage fund/foundation Mar 16, 2005 - Mar 17, 2005
• African world heritage experts meeting Mar 15, 2005 - Mar 18, 2005
• World Summit on Sustainable Development, Parallel Event on World Heritage in Africa and Sustainable Development Aug 19, 2002 - Aug 23, 2002

Official Relations (UNESCO/ERC)

• H. E. Dr Konji Sebati
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Africa to France, Permanent Delegate (designate)
  Permanent Delegation of the Republic of South Africa to UNESCO
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• South African National Commission for UNESCO
  Web Site: http://www.sanatcom.org
  Source: UNESCO/ERC

Other sources of information within UNESCO

• Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO/CLT/ITH)
• Cultural Heritage Laws Database (UNESCO/CLT/NATLAWS)
• Ratified Convention (UNESCO/LA)
• Biosphere Reserves (UNESCO/SC)
• Documents & Publications (UNESCO/UNESDOC)

Other sources of information

• UNDATA Country Profiles
• FAO Country Profiles (FAO)