South Africa

10 Sites 3.1 Rating 5 TWHS 9 Former TWHS 5 WHC Member 36 Reviews

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

World Heritage Sites

SiteInscribedCategoryReviewsRating
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains 2018 Natural 1 1.67
Cape Floral Region 2004 Natural 4 3.6
Fossil Hominid Sites 1999 Cultural 5 2.8
iSimangaliso Wetland Park 1999 Natural 3 3.42
Maloti Drakensberg 2000 Mixed 3 3.48
Mapungubwe 2003 Cultural 2 3.41
Richtersveld 2007 Cultural 1 3.17
Robben Island 1999 Cultural 6 2.55
Vredefort Dome 2005 Natural 3 2.14
ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 2017 Cultural 3 2.44

Tentative List

SiteAddedScheduledReviews
Early Farmsteads of the Cape Winelands 2015 1
Human Rights, Liberation Struggle and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites 2015 2
Liberation Heritage Route 2009 0
Succulent Karoo Protected Areas (RSA) 2009 0
The Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South Africa 2015 2023 0

Former Tentative Sites

SiteAddedRemovedReviews
Alexandria Coastal Dunefield 2009 2015 0
Kimberley Mines and Associated Early Industries 2004 2015 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
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

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