Photo: Rodger Bosch
South Africa’s Robben Island Museum is an institution limping through a pandemic and weighed down by its roller-coaster history.
Source: The making – and then breaking – of Robben Island Museum
Photo: Hoberman Collection
Robben Island Museum aspired to be part of the reconstruction and development of the national soul.
Source: The making — and then breaking — of South Africa’s Robben Island Museum
Photo: Lowvelder
The Barberton Makhon-jwa Mountains World Heritage Site (WHS) is at risk of losing its status due to power games and political shortsightedness, said community and private landowners of the site.
Source: Politics could ‘kill’ this World Heritage Site – Lowvelder
Photo: US Embassy
This Heritage Month, US Embassy invites high school learners to join its virtual discussion with the University of Pretoria to learn more about the Mapungubwe Collection, its significance as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and why the U.S. supports the cultural preservation efforts at Mapungubwe.
Photo: In Your Pocket
Lauren Dold go geological at South Africa’s most recent Unesco World Heritage Site at Barberton and bring you a look at a revamped glamping lodge near Badplaas.
An ambitious R4-billion development plan is being rolled out at iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Nervous to travel too widely? Here are some day outings on offer within easy reach of Cape Town.
Source: COVID-19 travel: Daycation options close to Cape Town
Take a tour of Cape Town, South Africa’s sophisticated city, without leaving the comfort of your home.
Photo: iSimangaliso/Instagram
Tourism and Heritage Month puts the spotlight on rural development in this lush province of South Africa.
Source: Tourism KZN promotes northern parks to draw visitors back
iSimangaliso Wetland Park named among 38 trips worldwide that travel experts want you to take.
Source: Tourism Month: How Simangaliso Wetland Park cemented itself as top global tourist destination
Ostrich farms, red cliffs and lush fields: explore Swartberg Nature Reserve…
Source: 5 ways to make your trip along the Garden Route sustainable
The discovery of a child’s skull in the Drimolen cave system, in South Africa’s “Cradle of Humankind”, is not only the earliest fossil specimen of Homo erectus, but proves three species of human ancestors lived in the same place at the same time, adding to our knowledge of evolution. Read more at Monash Lens.
Source: South African piece in puzzle of human evolution – Monash Lens
Scraping sounds fill the nights at Mapungubwe, a national park at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers, where the borders of Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa meet. Families of elephants relentlessly tear the bark off ancient baobabs, scraping their tusks on the trees and digging deep into their cores to extract the fibrous, moisture-rich interior.
Source: They survived centuries of elephant onslaught. Now climate change is killing these iconic baobabs
Without a clear framework within which decisions can be made, heritage resources will forever be threatened by development.
Source: The continued threat of coal mining at the Mapungubwe world heritage site
While the idea of touring an infamous prison from the comfort of your couch may seem weird at first, you’ll be glad you did.
Source: LIFE IN LOCKDOWN | Day 35: Take a virtual tour of Robben Island
This UNESCO World Heritage Site contains the world’s largest assemblage of hominin fossils and is key to understanding how humankind evolved.
Source: Discover the cradle of life
KwaZulu-Natal’s Sea Turtle programme has seen leatherbacks and loggerheads nesting in ever greater numbers.
Source: The return of South Africa’s sea turtles, a conservation success story
