'Core of South Africa's liberation struggle': Unesco adds SA sites to World Heritage List
The sites include the University of Fort Hare, where Nelson Mandela studied, and Ohlange in KwaZulu-Natal where the late struggle icon cast his vote in 1994.
The inscription on Saturday follows the 46th session of the Unesco World Heritage Committee held in New Delhi, India, from 21 to 31 July. Mqhekezweni is a village in Mthatha where Mandela grew up with relatives while Ohlange in KwaZulu-Natal is a place where he cast his first vote in a democratic South Africa in 1994.In a statement on Sunday, the Presidency said:"Collectively, this serial property demonstrates the events and ideas that served as the core of South Africa's liberation struggle, which continue to inspire humanity and the embrace of reconciliation, a quarter century later.
"The second South African serial site inscribed is The Emergence of Modern Human Behaviour: The Pleistocene Occupation Sites of South Africa," said Magwenya.Diepkloof Rock Shelter close to Elands Bay in the Western Cape."The inscription of these two serial properties, increases South Africa's list of World Heritage Sites to 12.
"The Union Buildings joins global sites like the Kremlin, Kasubi Tombs, Mose oaThunya, Taj Mahal, The Vatican and others onto the World Heritage List," Magwenya said.
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