South Africa
World Heritage Sites
Site | Inscribed | Category | Reviews | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains | 2018 | Natural | 1 | 1.67 |
Cape Floral Region | 2004 | Natural | 4 | 3.64 |
Fossil Hominid Sites | 1999 | Cultural | 4 | 2.89 |
iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 1999 | Natural | 3 | 3.58 |
Maloti Drakensberg | 2000 | Mixed | 3 | 3.59 |
Mapungubwe | 2003 | Cultural | 2 | 3.13 |
Richtersveld | 2007 | Cultural | 2 | 3.14 |
Robben Island | 1999 | Cultural | 6 | 2.74 |
Vredefort Dome | 2005 | Natural | 2 | 1.82 |
ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape | 2017 | Cultural | 3 | 2.34 |
Tentative List
Site | Added | Scheduled | Category | Reviews | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Early Farmsteads of the Cape Winelands | 2015 | Cultural | 1 | 80% | |
Human Rights, Liberation Struggle and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites | 2015 | Cultural | 2 | 100% | |
Liberation Heritage Route ![]() |
2009 | Cultural | 0 | 33% | |
Succulent Karoo Protected Areas (RSA) | 2009 | Cultural | 0 | 100% | |
The Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South Africa | 2015 | Cultural | 0 | N/A | |
Former Tentative Sites
Site | Added | Removed | Reviews |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Recent Reviews
- Richtersveld Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 26-Dec-21 -
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park Traveling Girl USA - 25-Feb-20 -
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 16-Nov-19 -
- Early Farmsteads of the Cape Winelands (T) Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 17-Mar-19 -
- Robben Island Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 25-Feb-19 -
- Fossil Hominid Sites Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 14-Feb-19 -
- Human Rights, Liberation Struggle and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites (T) Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 13-Feb-19
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 12-Feb-19 -
- Vredefort Dome Philipp Peterer Switzerland - 16-Jan-19 -
- Robben Island Bodil Ankerly Denmark - 12-Jul-18 -
Forum posts
Forum topic about South Africa .News and Links
- SA's The Heritage Portal about removal of sites from Tentative List (01-02-2017)