30 November 1999
The Heritage Committee of UNESCO will vote on Wednesday on South Africa’s first three nominations for World Heritage sites. They are:
Robben Island
St Lucia Wetlands
Hominoid sites at Sterkfontein.
DECEMBER 1:
Vote in Morocco
Announcement will be at press conference in Marrakech at 18h30 (Morocco time/20h30 SA time)
7.30pm Announcement in South Africa by the Minister of Environment Affairs and Tourism Valli Moosa, and the launch of the Sterkfontein website (www. cradleofhumandkind.co.za) by MEC Mary Metcalfe
At: the Gauteng Department of Agriculture, Conservation and the Environment, Diamond Corner Building, 68 Eloff Street (crn Eloff and Market), Johannesburg
RSVP: MEC admin secretary Rahima Sheik (011- 355 1980/ 082 578 5525)
DECEMBER 2:
11am: Press conference at the Waterfront amphitheatre in Cape Town (Ahmed Kathrada and Andre Odendaal)
(contacts: Nikhil Bramdaw on 083 777 6827 or Wanita Pastor on 083 628 3431)
DECEMBER 4:
Lubombo Imbizo: Possible visit by President Mbeki to St Lucia Wetlands Park
(contact: Palesa Morudu 082 565 8062)
DECEMBER 11: Community celebration at Sterkfontein
(contacts: Alydia Makoenla 082 681 9509 and Boitselo Rakate 082 772 7562)
DECEMBER 15, 16: St Lucia Wetlands Festival at St Lucia
(contact: Andrew Zaloumis on 082 575 3620)
DECEMBER 31: Millenium celebration on Robben Island
Didi Moyle: Special Adviser to the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
phone: +27 21 465 7240/1 or +27 12 310 3611
fax: + 27 21 465 3216 or +27 12 322 0082
moyle@mweb.co.za
cell: 082 808 5108