Photo: Shutterstock
A little off the coast of Cape Town, Robben Island is still resonant with tales of injustice perpetrated by the apartheid regime…
Source: Remembering Mandela’s long walk to freedom at South Africa’s Robben Island
Photo: Jeff Greenberg
“The new dates now help us to place such evolutionary developments more accurately in time,” a research team member said.
Source: Fossils in the Cradle of Humankind site reignite debate over origins of humans
Photo: earth.com
Hominin fossils are a million years older than estimated…
Source: Hominin fossils are a million years older than estimated
Photo: FTN News
Cape Town is the capital of South Africa and located between the sea and mountains.
Source: Attractions in Cape Town
Photo: Taryn Elliott
In a big step toward biodiversity conservation, SANParks (South African National Parks) and the Agence Francaise de Development (AFD) have launched the bipartite agreement between Table Mountain National Park and Reunion Island National Park in France.
Source: Table Mountain National Park receives generous funding in biodiversity initiative!
Photo: Mpumalanga Tourism
The future of Mpumalanga’s world heritage site remains uncertain following disagreements over who should be in charge between landowners and the Mpumalanga provincial government.
Source: Turf war derails plans for Mpumalanga’s world heritage site
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
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
If you find this website helpful and gives a lot of information about each of these wonderful heritage sites, I hope that you can donate some tiny amount which will come in handy in helping me maintaining this website. Donation link via WordPress here:
Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links, we may earn a commission.
Aizudin Zainal
IU7. UNL.
All About World Heritage Sites 