{"id":33689,"date":"2026-05-04T18:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33689"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T16:03:23","slug":"sa-to-host-african-world-heritage-day-celebrations-in-johannesburg","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-to-host-african-world-heritage-day-celebrations-in-johannesburg\/","title":{"rendered":"SA to host African World Heritage Day celebrations in Johannesburg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>African World Heritage Day will be marked in Johannesburg, South Africa (SA) on Tuesday as part of Africa Month celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The event will be hosted by the African World Heritage Fund together with the Development Bank of Southern Africa and SA\u2019s Sport, Arts and Culture Department.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s commemoration also marks 20 years of investing in heritage, identity and preservation across the continent. The African World Heritage Fund was established in 2006 by the African Union and UNESCO to support the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SA\u2019s Deputy President Paul Mashatile is expected to deliver the keynote address, alongside Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":33692,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-33689","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"African World Heritage Day will be marked in Johannesburg as part of Africa Month celebrations","published_date":"2026-05-04 17:58:35","news_description":"African World Heritage Day will be marked in Johannesburg as part of Africa Month celebrations","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33690,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33689\/revisions\/33690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}