South Africa

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

   Cultural

• Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs (1999)
• Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003)
• Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (2007)
• Robben Island (1999)

   Natural

• Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004)
• Greater St Lucia Wetland Park (1999)
• Vredefort Dome (2005)

   Mixed

• uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park (2000)

Properties submitted on the Tentative List

• Modderpoort Sacred Sites (#) (1998)
• 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)
• Tswaing Meteorite Crater (2004)
• Alexandria Coastal Dunefield (2004)
• The Cape Winelands Cultural Landscape (2004)
• The Prince Edward Islands (2004)

News

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

Events

• May 21, 2007 - May 25, 2007
  Capacity-building Workshop for Youth Leaders in South Africa
• Mar 16, 2006 - Mar 17, 2006
  Climate Change and World Heritage: Expert Meeting
• Mar 16, 2005 - Mar 17, 2005
  Towards an African world heritage fund/foundation
• Mar 15, 2005 - Mar 18, 2005
  African world heritage experts meeting

Mandates to the World Heritage Committee

• 1999 - 2005

Contacts

• H. E. Ms Nomasonto Maria Sibanda-Thusi
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of South Africa to France, Permanent Delegate to UNESCO
  Permanent Delegation of the Republic of South Africa to UNESCO
  Ambassade de l'Afrique du Sud
  59, Quai d'Orsay
  75343 PARIS Cedex 07
  Tel: 01.53.59.23.23
  Fax: 01.53.59.23.09
  EMail: multilateral.relations@afriquesud.net
  Source: UNESCO/ERC
• South African National Commission for UNESCO
  President: Ms Naledi Pandor*
  Chairperson: Mrs Neo Mathabe
  Deputy Chairperson: Prof. S. Makhanya
  Secretary-General: Mr Stranger Kgamphe
  123 Schoeman Street
  0001 PRETORIA
  SOUTH AFRICA
  Tel: (27 12) 312 51 87 ; (27 12) 312 54 18 ; (27 11) 614 87 87; (27 82) 602 47 21
  Fax: (27 12) 325 72 84; (27 12) 323 33 66
  EMail: Kgamphe.S@doe.gov.za; nkwenkwezi.n@doe.gov.za;
  Web Site: http://www.sanatcom.org
  Source: UNESCO/ERC