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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. South Africa accepted the convention on 10 July 1997, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. As of 2016, there are eight World Heritage Sites in South Africa, including four cultural sites, three natural sites and one mixed site.
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List of sites
Name; named after the World Heritage Committee's official designation Location; at city, regional, or provincial level and geocoordinates UNESCO data; the site's reference number; the year the site was inscribed on the World Heritage List; the criteria it was listed under. Criteria i through vi are cultural, while vii through x are natural (the column sorts by year added to the list) Period; time period of significance Description; brief information about the site, including reasons for qualifying as an endangered site, if applicableTentative list
In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage list, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage list are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list. As of 2016, South Africa lists seven properties on its tentative list:
- The !Xam Khomani Heartland
- The Barberton Mountain Land, Barberton Greenstone Belt or Makhonjwa Mountains
- Succulent Karoo Protected Areas
- Liberation Heritage Route
- Early Farmsteads of the Cape Winelands
- The Emergence of Modern Humans: The Pleistocene occupation sites of South Africa
- Human Rights, Liberation Struggle and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites