Some places in SA are significant, beautiful and also honoured with the title of UNESCO World Heritage site. Here are a few you MUST visit…

AfriForum provided information about Afrikaans and other South African languages for inclusion in the atlas.

Ghanaian universities should establish transparent gender-neutral policies towards recruitment and promotion.

The World Waterfall Database believes that it is still extremely likely that the Tugela Falls is the tallest recorded waterfall in the world.

Recent floods left roads in the central and northern Drakensberg in disrepair causing a councillor to plead with the government to intervene.

If you thought only the KZN South Coast was developing at Port St Johns, think again, as the North Coast’s Isimangaliso is keeping pace.

Now in its sixth year, the award established by the Varkey Foundation in partnership with UNESCO, is the largest prize of its kind.

The Women in Science programme was launched in 2010 to encourage the participation of young African women in science.

Very few academics or policymakers are talking about the impact of climate change on heritage. Yet heritage is essential for social wellbeing, for identity creation, for safeguarding traditional knowledge and livelihoods and for sustainable development.

The event will be held on 12 October 2019.

The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) is celebrated annually on 22 May. This year’s theme is ‘Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health.’

You just can’t do this

Along with other areas in the world, the Garden Route in South Africa has been added to the list of biosphere reserves.

SANDI garden at the Chelsea Flower Show today won gold. Not only was the display exceptional but yet again the story of the garden is not just about plants in the earth. The ideas behind this year’s garden expand far beyond that and again SA is ahead of the game in living up to UNESCO’s “Man and the Biosphere Project”.

The United Nations recently claimed that the Millennium Development Goal that focused on primary education increased global enrolment from 83% to 91%. Despite these gains, today it is estimated that 124 million children do not attend school and 757 million adults are illiterate.