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Legend

  • ●● Cultural
  • ●● Natural
  • ●● Mixed
  • ●● Tentative

World Heritage Sites

SiteInscribedCategoryReviewsRating
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains 2018 Natural 2 2.34
Cape Floral Region 2004 Natural 5 3.52
Fossil Hominid Sites 1999 Cultural 5 2.79
iSimangaliso Wetland Park 1999 Natural 4 3.52
Maloti Drakensberg 2000 Mixed 5 3.59
Mapungubwe 2003 Cultural 4 3.33
Richtersveld 2007 Cultural 3 3.19
Robben Island 1999 Cultural 7 2.89
Vredefort Dome 2005 Natural 3 1.92
ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 2017 Cultural 3 2.61

Tentative List

SiteAddedScheduledCategoryReviewsRating
Human Rights, Liberation Struggle and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites 2015 2023 Cultural 3 100%
The Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South Africa 2015 Cultural 0 100%

Former Tentative Sites

SiteAddedRemovedReviews
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 0
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

Country info

Official Name
South Africa
Region
Africa
WHC location
WHC member

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