World heritage sites

• Robben Island
  Robben Island
  Robben Island is an island in Table Bay, 6.9 km west of the coast of Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa. The name is Dutch for "seal island". Robben Island is roughly oval in shape, 3.3 km long north-south, and 1.9 km wide, with an area of 5.07 km². It is flat and only a...
  
  
• Cradle of Humankind
  Cradle of Humankind
  The Cradle of Humankind is a World Heritage Site first named by UNESCO in 1999, about 50 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa in the Gauteng province. This site currently occupies ; it contains a complex of limestone caves, including the Sterkfontein Caves, where the 2.3-million...
  
   and Taung Skull Site
• Mapungubwe
  Mapungubwe
  After Mapungubwe's fall, it was forgotten until 1932. On New Year's Eve 1932, E. S. J. van Graan, a local farmer and prospector, and his son, a former student of the University of Pretoria, discovered the wealth of artifacts on top of the hill. They reported the find to Professor Leo...
  
   Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area
  Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area
  Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area Is a cultural TFCA. Formerly known as the Limpopo-Shashe Transfrontier Conservation Area.-See also:*Mapungubwe National Park*The Mapungubwe World Heritage Site...
  
  
• Richtersveld
  Richtersveld
  The Richtersveld is a mountainous desert landscape characterised by rugged kloofs and high mountains, situated in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. It is full of changing scenery from flat sandy plains, to craggy sharp mountains of volcanic rock and the lushness of the Orange River, which...
  
  
• uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park
  UKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park
  The uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park is a World Heritage Site in Southern Africa, covering of area. The park spans parts of both South Africa, in its KwaZulu-Natal province, and Lesotho...
  
  
• Vredefort crater
  Vredefort crater
  Vredefort crater is the largest verified impact crater on Earth. It is located in the Free State Province of South Africa and named after the town of Vredefort, which is situated near its centre. The site is also known as the Vredefort dome or Vredefort impact structure...
  
  

Tentative List

• Alexandria Coastal Dunefields
• Cape Floral Region Protected Areas
• Kimberley Mines and Associated Early Industries
• Liberation Heritage Route
• Pilgrim's Rest
  Pilgrim's Rest
  Pilgrim’s Rest is a small town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa which has been declared a national monument. After it was officially declared a gold field in September 1873, it suddenly grew to 1,500 inhabitants searching for alluvial gold. Towards the end of the 19th century claims were...
  
   Reduction Works Industrial Heritage Site
• Pleistocene occupation sites of Klasies River, Border Cave, Wonderwerk Cave and comparable sites relating to the emergence of modern humans
• Succulent Karoo
  Succulent Karoo
  The Succulent Karoo is a desert ecoregion of South Africa and Namibia.-Setting:The Succulent Karoo stretches along the coastal strip of southwestern Namibia and South Africa's Northern Cape Province, where the cold Benguela Current offshore creates frequent fogs. The ecoregion extends inland into...
  
   Protected Areas
• The !Xam Khomani Heartland
• The Barberton Mountain Land, Barberton Greenstone Belt or Makhonjwa Mountains
• The Cape Arc of Meridian
  Meridian arc
  In geodesy, a meridian arc measurement is a highly accurate determination of the distance between two points with the same longitude. Two or more such determinations at different locations then specify the shape of the reference ellipsoid which best approximates the shape of the geoid. This...
  
  
• The Cape Winelands Cultural Landscape
• The Namaqualand
  Namaqualand
  Namaqualand is an arid region of Namibia and South Africa, extending along the west coast over and covering a total area of 170,000 square miles/440,000 km². It is divided by the lower course of the Orange River into two portions - Little Namaqualand to the south and Great Namaqualand to the...
  
   Copper Mining Landscape
• The Prince Edward Islands
  Prince Edward Islands
  The Prince Edward Islands are two small islands in the sub-antarctic Indian Ocean that are part of South Africa. The islands, named Marion Island and Prince Edward Island, are located at ....
  
  

National heritage sites

• Afrikaans Language Monument
  Afrikaans Language Monument
  The Afrikaans Language Monument is located on a hill overlooking Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Officially opened on 10 October 1975, it commemorates the semicentenary of Afrikaans being declared an official language of South Africa separate from Dutch...
  
  
• Chancellor House (building)
  Chancellor House (building)
  Chancellor House is a building situated at 25 Fox Street, Ferreirasdorp, Johannesburg, that once housed the law firm of Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo...
  
  
• Groot Constantia
  Groot Constantia
  Groot Constantia is the oldest wine estate in South Africa and national monument in the suburb of Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa."Groot" in Dutch and Afrikaans translates as "great" in English.-History:...
  
  
• Huguenot Monument
  Huguenot Monument
  The Huguenot Monument in Franschhoek, South Africa, is dedicated to the cultural influences that Huguenots have brought to the Cape Colony after their immigration during the 17th and 18th centuries....
  
  
• Klasies River Caves
  Klasies River Caves
  The Klasies River Caves are a series of caves located to the east of the Klasies River mouth on the Tsitsikamma coast in the Humansdorp district of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. The three main caves and two shelters at the base of a high cliff have revealed evidence of middle stone...
  
  
• LLandaff Oratory
  LLandaff Oratory
  LLandaff Oratory is an oratory in Van Reenen, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The oratory was built by Maynard Mathews in memory of his son Llandaff Mathew who died while saving the lives of 8 co-workers at the Burnside Colliery mine on 19 March 1925....
  
  
• Mandela House
  Mandela House
  Mandela House is the house in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, that former South African president Nelson Mandela lived in from 1946 to 1962...
  
  
• Merensky Library
• The Owl House
  The Owl House
  The Owl House is a museum in Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape, South Africa. The house itself was inherited by a woman named Helen Martins after her parents had died .-Construction:...
  
  
• Pretoria Forts
  Pretoria Forts
  The Pretoria Forts consisted mainly of four forts built by the government of the South African Republic just before the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War around Pretoria....
  
  
• Samora Machel Monument
  Samora Machel Monument
  The Samora Machel Monument in Mbuzini, near Komatipoort in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, marks the spot where the plane carrying the then-President of Mozambique crashed in 1986. It was declared a National Heritage Site in 2006....
  
  
• Staats Model School
  Staats Model School
  The Staatsmodelschool is situated on the corner of Van der Walt and Visagie Streets in Pretoria, Gauteng Province, Republic of South Africa. It originated from a school established in 1893 to train teachers in the Zuid Afrikaansche Republik, or ZAR....
  
  
• South African Police Memorial
  South African Police Memorial
  The South African Police Memorial is located in the grounds of the Union Buildings in Pretoria and commemorates officers of the South African Police Service who died in the line of duty. It was unveiled in 1984 by pres. P.W...
  
  
• Union Buildings
  Union Buildings
  The Union Buildings form the official seat of the South African government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa. The imposing buildings are located in Pretoria, atop Meintjieskop at the Northern end of Arcadia, close to historic Church Square and the Voortrekker Monument...
  
  
• Voortrekker Monument
  Voortrekker Monument
  The Voortrekker Monument is a monument in the city of Pretoria, South Africa. The massive granite structure, built to honour the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854, was designed by the architect Gerard Moerdijk who had the idea to design a "monument that would stand a...
  
  
• Wonderwerk Cave
  Wonderwerk Cave
  Wonderwerk Cave is an archaeological site, formed originally as an ancient solution cavity in Dolomite rocks of the Kuruman Hills, situated between Danielskuil and Kuruman in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa. It is a National Heritage Site within a servitude ceded to and managed as a...
  
  

Western Cape Province

Eastern Cape Province

Northern Cape Province

• Barkly West Museum
  Barkly West Museum
  The Barkly West Museum was established in 2000 in the old Toll House beside the Barkly Bridge which crosses the Vaal River at Barkly West in the Northern Cape, South Africa.-Establishment:...
  
   - Barkly Bridge and Toll House
• Canteen Kopje
  Canteen Kopje
  Canteen Kopje is a spectacularly rich Earlier Stone Age situated outside Barkly West in the Northern Cape, South Africa. It is a Provincial Heritage Site and has an open air trail including information boards...
  
  
• Cape Police Memorial
  Cape Police Memorial
  The Cape Police Memorial is a South African national heritage site located in Kimberley in the Northern Cape province. It commemorates the losses of the unit during the Anglo-Boer War.In 1994 it was described in the Government Gazette as...
  
  
• Dunluce
  Dunluce
  Dunluce may refer to:A place* Dunluce Castle in Northern Ireland* Dunluce, County Antrim, a parish and a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland* The neighbourhood of Dunluce in Edmonton, Canada...
  
  
• Driekops Eiland
  Driekops Eiland
  Driekops Eiland is a rock engraving or petroglyph site in the bed of the Riet River close to the town of Plooysburg, near Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.-The engravings:...
  
  
• Honoured Dead Memorial
  Honoured Dead Memorial
  The Honoured Dead Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Kimberley in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at the meeting point of five roads, and commemorates those who died defending the city during the Siege of Kimberley in the Anglo-Boer War.In 1986, it was described in...
  
  
• Kimberley Regiment
  Kimberley Regiment
  The Kimberley Regiment is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, it has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Territorial Army or United States Army National Guard unit.-History:...
  
   Drill Hall
• Kimberley Seventh Day Adventist Church
• McGregor Museum
  McGregor Museum
  The McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, originally known as the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, is a province-aided museum established in 1907.- Overview :...
  
  
• Letterklip
  Letterklip
  The Letterklip is a provincial heritage site in Namaqualand in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.In 1980 it was described in the Government Gazette as -References:*...
  
  
• Moffat Mission
• Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements
  Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements
  The Nooitgedacht Glacial Pavements comprise a geological feature between Kimberley and Barkly West, South Africa, pertaining to the Palaeozoic-age Dwyka Ice Age, or Karoo Ice Age, where the glacially scoured ancient bedrock was used, substantially more recently, during the Later Stone Age period...
  
  
• Rudd House
• Sol Plaatje Museum
  Sol Plaatje Museum
  The Sol Plaatje Museum and Library is in Kimberley, Northern Cape, in a house where Solomon T. Plaatje lived during his last years, in Malay Camp, No 32 Angel Street. It was here that Plaatje wrote Mhudi....
  
  
• St Mary's, Barkly West
  St Mary's, Barkly West
  The Anglican Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, Barkly West, was for some years the principal parish church on the Diamond Fields, South Africa, and the churches established soon afterwards at the Dry Diggings – what would become Kimberley – were at first mere outstations.-An Anglican presence on...
  
  
• Tsantsabane (Blinkklipkop)
• Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre
  Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre
  Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre is a rock engraving site with visitor centre on land owned by the !Xun and Khwe San situated about 16 km from Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. It is a declared Provincial Heritage Site managed by the Northern Cape Rock Art Trust in association with the...
  
  

• St Cyprian's Cathedral
  St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley
  The Cathedral Church of St Cyprian the Martyr, Kimberley, is the seat of the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman, Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It became a Cathedral when the Synod of Bishops gave a mandate for the formation of the new Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman in...
  
  

Free State Province

• Modderpoort
  Modderpoort
  Modderpoort, also known as Lekhalong la Bo Tau or ‘The Pass of the Lions’, is the site in the eastern Free State, South Africa, where the Anglican Missionary Brotherhood, the Brotherhood of St Augustine of Hippo, was established by Bishop Edward Twells in the late 1860s...
  
  
• Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site
  Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site
  The Florisbad archaeological and paleontological site is a provincial heritage site in Brandfort in the Free State province of South Africa.In 1997 it was described in the Government Gazette as-References:*...
  
  
• Women's Monument
  National Women's Monument
  The Women's Monument or Vrouemonument in Bloemfontein, South Africa, is a monument commemorating the suffering of some 27,000 Boer women and children who died in British concentration camps during the Boer War. The Monument is a Provincial Heritage Site in the Free State.The monument was designed...
  
  
• Sedan Beehive stone huts
  Sedan Beehive stone huts
  The Sedan Beehive stone huts are a provincial heritage site in Lindley in the Free State province of South Africa.In 1950 it was described in the Government Gazette as...
  
  

Gauteng Province

• Fort Klapperkop, Gauteng
  Gauteng
  Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...
  
  
• Fort Schanskop, Gauteng
  Gauteng
  Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...
  
  

Mpumalanga Province

• Blaauboschkraal stone ruins
  Blaauboschkraal stone ruins
  The Blaauboschkraal stone ruins are a provincial heritage site in Waterval Boven in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.In 1975 it was described in the Government Gazette as...
  
  
• Borehole UC 65
  Borehole UC 65
  Borehole UC 65 is a provincial heritage site near Evander in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.In 1985 it was described in the Government Gazette as The heritage site is situated on portion 107 of the farm Winkelhaak 135, IS.-Union Corporation:...
  
  
• Covenant Monument
  Covenant Monument
  The Covenant Monument is a provincial heritage site in Belfast in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.In 1982 it was described in the Government Gazette as-References:*...
  
  
• Goedehoop natural rock bridge
  Goedehoop natural rock bridge
  The Goedehoop natural rock bridge is a provincial heritage site in Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.In 1982 it was described in the Government Gazette as -References:*...
  
  
• Mapoch's Caves
  Mapoch's Caves
  Mapoch's Caves is a provincial heritage site in Middelburg in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa.In 1968 it was described in the Government Gazette as -References:*...
  
  

KwaZulu-Natal Province

• Blood River Battlefield on the farm Vechtkop, KwaZulu-Natal
  KwaZulu-Natal
  KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....
  
  
• Dutch Corps Monument
  Dutch Corps Monument
  The Dutch Corps Monument is a provincial heritage site in Kliprivier in the KwaZulu-Natal district of South Africa.In 1982 it was described in the Government Gazette as-References:*...
  
  
• First cattle dip
  First cattle dip
  The first cattle dip is a provincial heritage site in Richmond in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.In 1994 it was described in the Government Gazette as -References:*...
  
  
• Green Point Lighthouse
  Green Point Lighthouse
  The Green Point Lighthouse is a provincial heritage site in Umzinto in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.In 1995 it was described in the Government Gazette as an "unusual cast-iron structure, erected in 1905, [...] the oldest lighthouse on the KwaZulu-Natal coast."-Senior...
  
  
• Hermannsburg Mission House
  Hermannsburg Mission House
  The Hermannsburg Mission House is a provincial heritage site in Hermannsburg, Umvoti District in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It is owned and operated by the Hermannsburg School....
  
  
• Mount Edgecombe Ganesha Temple
  Mount Edgecombe Ganesha Temple
  The Mount Edgecombe Ganesha Temple is a provincial heritage site in Inanda in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.In 1977 it was described in the Government Gazette as-References:*...
  
  
• Narainsamy Temple
  Narainsamy Temple
  The Narainsamy Temple is a provincial heritage site in Inanda in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.In 1984 it was described in the Government Gazette as-References:*...
  
  
• Pietermaritzburg Italian P.O.W. Church
  Pietermaritzburg Italian P.O.W. Church
  The Pietermaritzburg Italian P.O.W. Church is a provincial heritage site in Pietermaritzburg in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.In 1977 it was described in the Government Gazette as-References:* -External links:* * *...
  
  
• Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum
  Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum
  The Riverside Soofie Mosque and Mausoleum is a provincial heritage site in Durban in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.In 1980 it was described in the Government Gazette as-References:*...
  
  
• Shaka Memorial
  Shaka Memorial
  The Shaka Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Stanger in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.In 1938 it was described in the Government Gazette as-References:*...
  
  
• Shri Jagannath Puri Temple
  Shri Jagannath Puri Temple
  The Shri Jagannath Puri Temple is a provincial heritage site in Inanda in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.In 1979 it was described in the Government Gazette as-References:*...
  
  

External links

• South African Heritage Resources Agency