World Heritage in South Africa

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Relevant websites and news articles:

South African Tentative List submitted to UNESCO for consideration (01-09-2022)
SA's The Heritage Portal about removal of sites from Tentative List (01-02-2017)

Relevant books and other resources:

Map of World Heritage in South Africa

Site	Inscribed	Type	Reviews	Visitors	Rating
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains	2018	Natural	2	34	2.57
Cape Floral Region	2004	Natural	5	269	3.52
Fossil Hominid Sites	1999	Cultural	5	91	2.53
iSimangaliso Wetland Park	1999	Natural	4	95	3.6
Maloti-Drakensberg Park	2000	Mixed	5	132	3.53
Mapungubwe	2003	Cultural	5	29	3.28
Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites	2024	Cultural	2	36	1.74
Richtersveld	2007	Cultural	3	21	3.03
Robben Island	1999	Cultural	8	180	2.74
The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa	2024	Cultural	1	5	0.99
Vredefort Dome	2005	Natural	4	48	2.23
ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape	2017	Cultural	4	21	2.59

Site	Added	Scheduled	Type	Reviews	Visitors	Rating

Site	Added	Removed	Reviews
Alexandria Coastal Dunefield	2009	2015	0
Early Farmsteads of the Cape Winelands	2015	2022	1
Kimberley Mines and Associated Early Industries	2004	2015	0
Liberation Heritage Route	2009	2022	2
Modderpoort Sacred Sites	1998	2011	0
Pilgrim's Rest Reduction Works Industrial Heritage Site	2004	2015	1
Pleistocene occupation sites of Klasies River, Border Cave, Wonderwerk Cave and comparable sites relating to the emergence of modern humans	1998	2015	0
Succulent Karoo Protected Areas (RSA)	2009	2022	0
The Cape Arc of Meridian	2009	2015	0
The Namaqualand Copper Mining Landscape	2009	2015	0
The Prince Edward Islands	2009	2015	0
Tswaing Meteorite Crater	2004	2011	1

Official Name

South Africa

Region

Africa

WHC location

WHC member

The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa Szucs Tamas Hungary - 28-Jul-24 -
Robben Island Dennis Nicklaus - 10-May-24 -
Mapungubwe Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero The Philippines - 28-Dec-23 -
Vredefort Dome Szucs Tamas Hungary - 03-Jul-23 -
ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape Szucs Tamas Hungary - 03-Jul-23 -
Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero The Philippines - 23-Mar-23 -
Maloti-Drakensberg Park Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 15-Jan-23 -
Vredefort Dome Els Slots The Netherlands - 15-Oct-16 -
Mapungubwe Els Slots The Netherlands - 05-Oct-16 -
Fossil Hominid Sites Els Slots The Netherlands - 03-Oct-16 -

The following 2 Community Members have visited all WHS in this country: