DRAFT legislation which will allow cultural and natural sites in South Africa to be granted World Heritage status is to be tabled in Parliament this week, environment affairs deputy director-general Dr Tanya Abrahamse said on Wednesday. The draft legislation on the The World Heritage Convention Bill, should be tabled in the house in three days. The first three South African sites nominated for World Heritage Site status are Robben Island, the St Lucia wetlands and the hominid sites at Sterkfontein and Kromdraai. Abrahams said a decision on the three sites will probably be made at a WHC meeting in Morocco this month.
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