This is a list of national and provincial heritage sites in South Africa, as declared by the South African Heritage Resource Agency (SAHRA) and the nine provincial heritage resources authorities. The list is maintained by SAHRA by means of an online, publicly accessible database, the South African Heritage Resources Information System (SAHRIS), that also serves as an integrated national heritage resources management tool.

World Heritage Sites

* Cape Floral Region Protected Areas * Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs *

iSimangaliso Wetland Park iSimangaliso Wetland Park (previously known as the Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park) is situated on the east coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, about 235 kilometres north of Durban by road. It is South Africa's third-largest protected are ...

Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape The Kingdom of Mapungubwe (or Maphungubgwe) (c. 1075–c. 1220) was a medieval state in South Africa located at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers, south of Great Zimbabwe. The name is derived from either TjiKalanga and Tshivenda ...

* Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape * Robben Island *

uKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park The uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park is a protected area in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, covering , and is part of a world heritage site. The park includes Royal Natal National Park, a provincial park, and covers part of the Drakensb ...

Vredefort Dome The Vredefort impact structure is the largest verified impact structure on Earth. The crater, which has since been eroded away, was around across when it was formed. The remaining structure, comprising the deformed underlying bedrock, is loca ...

National heritage sites

Peanut Farm The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small and ...

Boschendal Boschendal (Dutch: ''bush and dale'') is one of the oldest wine estates in South Africa and is located between Franschhoek and Stellenbosch in South Africa's Western Cape. Huguenot Origins The farm's title deeds are dated 1685. The estate's first ...

* Cape Blue whale Cultural Landscape * Super man Cave *

Drimolen The Drimolen Palaeocave System consists of a series of terminal Pliocene to early Pleistocene hominin-bearing palaeocave fills located around north of Johannesburg, South Africa, and about north of Sterkfontein in the UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

* Charlotte Maxeke Grave * Gladysvale * Gondolin, Broederstroom * Kaditshwene Cultural landscape *

Kromdraai fossil site Kromdraai (means crooked turn in afrikaans) is a fossil-bearing breccia-filled cave located about east of the well-known South African hominid-bearing site of Sterkfontein and about northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is situated wit ...

* ''Madiba House'' (inside Drakenstein Correctional Centre) * Makapans Valley and Limeworks at Makapansgat *

Mapungubwe The Kingdom of Mapungubwe (or Maphungubgwe) (c. 1075–c. 1220) was a medieval state in South Africa located at the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers, south of Great Zimbabwe. The name is derived from either TjiKalanga and Tshivenda ...

* Motsetsi *

Non Pareille Non, non or NON can refer to: * ''Non'', a negatory word in French, Italian and Latin People *Non (given name) *Non Boonjumnong (born 1982), Thai amateur boxer * Rena Nōnen (born 1993), Japanese actress who uses the stage name "Non" since July ...

* Plovers Lake * Robben Island *

Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope The Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, is the oldest continuously existing scientific institution in South Africa. Founded by the British Board of Longitude in 1820, it now forms the headquarters building of the South African Astronomical Obs ...

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Sarah Baartman Sarah Baartman (; 1789– 29 December 1815), also spelt Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje (), or Saartjie, and Bartman, Bartmann, was a Khoikhoi woman who was exhibited as a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under the ...

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SAS Pietermaritzburg HMS ''Pelorus'' (pennant number: J291) was an built for the Royal Navy (RN) during World War II. Upon completion, the ship became the flotilla leader of the 7th Minesweeper Flotilla, clearing mines off the east coast of England. In June 1944, ...

* Sterkfontein caves *

Swartkrans Swartkrans is a fossil-bearing cave designated as a South African National Heritage Site, located about from Johannesburg. It is located in the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site and is notable for being extremely rich in archaeological ma ...

Palaeontological Site *

Union Buildings The Union Buildings ( af, Uniegebou) 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 ...

Voortrekker Monument The Voortrekker Monument is located just south of Pretoria in South Africa. The granite structure is located on a hilltop, and was raised to commemorate the Voortrekkers who left the Cape Colony between 1835 and 1854. It was designed by the a ...

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 ...

Notice No 178, ''Government Gazette'' Vol 537, No 33006, pp 11-13, 12 March 2010.

Lists of South African provincial heritage sites

The lists have been split up by province. Some districts have been split off from their province for site performance reasons. *

List of heritage sites in Eastern Cape This is a list of the heritage sites in Eastern Cape as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. For performance reasons some districts have been split off from this list: * List of heritage sites in Albany * List of her ...

List of heritage sites in Albany This is a list of the heritage sites in Albany as recognised by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. {{Lists of South African Heritage Resourc ...

List of heritage sites in Graaff-Reinet This is a list of the heritage sites in Graaff-Reinet as recognised by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. ...

List of heritage sites in Port Elizabeth This is a list of the heritage sites in Port Elizabeth as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. {{DEFAULTSORT:Heritage sites in Port Eliz ...

List of heritage sites in Free State This is a list of the heritage sites in Free State in South Africa as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) is the national administrative body responsible for the prot ...

* List of heritage sites in Gauteng *

List of heritage sites in KwaZulu-Natal This is a list of the heritage sites in KwaZulu-Natal as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. For performance reasons, the following district has been split off from this page: * List of heritage sites in Pietermaritzburg ...

List of heritage sites in Pietermaritzburg This is a list of the heritage sites in Pietermaritzburg as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. References

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* List of heritage sites in Limpopo *

List of heritage sites in Mpumalanga This is a list of the heritage sites in Mpumalanga as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. References

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* List of heritage sites in North West * List of heritage sites in Northern Cape * List of heritage sites in Colesberg * List of heritage sites in Kimberley * List of heritage sites in Richmond *

List of heritage sites in Victoria West This is a list of the heritage sites in Victoria West as recognised by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. Reference ...

List of heritage sites in Western Cape This is a list of the heritage sites in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. For additional provincial heritage sites declared by Heritage Western Cape, the provincial heritage re ...

List of heritage sites in Paarl This is a list of the heritage sites in Paarl as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. ...

List of heritage sites in Simonstown This is a list of the heritage sites in Simon's Town as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) is the national administrative body responsible for the protection of South ...

List of heritage sites in Stellenbosch This is a list of heritage sites in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. Heritage sites in Stellenbosch town ...

List of heritage sites in Swellendam This is a list of the heritage sites in Swellendam and Riversdale, situated in the Western Cape, as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. ...

List of heritage sites in Table Mountain This is a list of the heritage sites in Table Mountain as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Heritage sites in Table Mountain Tourist a ...

* List of heritage sites in the Cape * List of heritage sites in Tulbagh * List of heritage sites in Worcester * List of heritage sites in Wynberg

References

External links

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World Heritage Sites

National heritage sites

Lists of South African provincial heritage sites

See also

References

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