UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa
Harare, Zimbabwe
Joined May 2017
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Heritage lives when we pass it on. 🪘
On International Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage, see how @UNESCO connects communities and classrooms across Southern Africa to strengthen identity, diversity and learning.
Read more: unesco.org/en/articles/how-c…
#LivingHeritage
🌍 From training to jobs, enterprise & innovation: @UNESCO joins #AfricaSkillsWeek in Harare, Zimbabwe, 12–16 Oct 2026, to help connect skills development with competitive African industries. africaskill.org/about #UNESCO
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📊 How can training respond to industry needs?
On 13 Oct, 16:30–18:00, @unescoROSA's Peter J. Wells facilitates “Skills Intelligence and Labour-Market Responsiveness: Role of Sector Skills Bodies.” #AfricaSkillsWeek
Teachers shape our futures. Let’s celebrate them and stand for their rights, recognition and support.
Join the @WitsUniversity @UNESCO Chair’s #WorldTeachersDay celebration:
📅 20 Oct, 12–15h GMT+2
📍 Wits School of Education + online
Register via the poster’s QR code.
🤖 Made with AI
How can we keep our living heritage alive for the next generation? 🌿
Join @unescoROSA for a conversation with teachers, heritage experts and community leaders across Southern Africa.
📅 Thursday, 24 September 2026
⏰ 9:00–11:00 AM (GMT+2)
Join here - lnkd.in/d5JByyMy
🔴 #HappeningNow | Johannesburg 🇿🇦
@UNESCO & partners have brought together key stakeholders to discuss online harmful content, hate speech, disinformation & freedom of expression and launch a new national study on these critical issues.
#UNESCO #SocialMedia4Peace @EUinSA
🇿🇦Join @UNESCO & partners for a multi-stakeholder forum on information integrity in #SouthAfrica.
📅 17 Sept 2026 | 08:30–16:00
Featuring:
🔹 Launch of national study on online harmful content & #freedomofexpression
🔹 #IDUAI2026
🔹 #AI4IA2026
🔗RSVP: forms.gle/5vkkQD1VavirKBRQ6
🇸🇿 Turning commitment into action for #DisabilityInclusion!
Stakeholders in #Eswatini are pushing for CRPD-compliant budgeting and increased national resource allocation for persons with disabilities.
Inclusion must be reflected in policy, budgets, resources and results.
From vision to action! 🇧🇼
Since the launch of the @UNESCO -KFIT Digital Creativity Lab III, Botswana is advancing efforts to build an inclusive, digitally empowered creative economy, strengthening skills, market access and policy.
🔗 Read more: unesco.org/en/articles/botsw…
🌳 The 30th edition of The Baobab is here!
From #disabilityinclusion and safer schools to creative economies, #biodiversity, media freedom and responsible technology, discover how commitments are becoming action across Southern Africa.
📖 Read more - unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/4822…
At the launch of the @SAHRCommission’s 2026 Policy Brief on Information Integrity & Human Rights, @UNESCO reaffirmed a critical message: information integrity is a human rights imperative.
Through #SM4P, with @EUinSA support, we are working to build trustworthy digital spaces.
🎥 WATCH: Botswana takes another step towards a digitally empowered creative economy! 🇧🇼
A glimpse into the launch of the UNESCO–KFIT Digital Creativity Lab III Project in Botswana on 13 August 2026.
▶️ Watch the highlights: youtube.com/watch?v=hajTUECo…
@nacb_bw @sportsbotswana
Commemorating Women’s Month in South Africa this August, UNESCO took part in @UnivOfPretoria's inaugural Women & Girls in STEM Symposium 05 -06 August 2026, in partnership with @DBE_SA, @dstigovza , L’OréalSouth Africa and the National Research Foundation.
The programme brought together over 100 young girls from across Gauteng, to inspire them to dream bigger, ask bold questions, build robots, solve real-world challenges & discover that they belong in laboratories, engineering firms, boardrooms, research centres & innovation hubs.
Because when we invest in girls, we invest in a better future note just for South Africa but for the wider Southern African region.
#WomenInSTEM #GirlsInSTEM #WomensMonth #SouthAfrica #STEM #GirlsCan
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How can we encourage collective action to better protect pollinators?
Local actors are showing how bee-friendly practices can support biodiversity and strengthen livelihoods. 💛 Discover their stories:
#WomenForBees: unesco.org/en/mab/women-bees
#UNESCOGreenCitizens: unesco.org/en/green-citizens
Strong numeracy is key to Africa's future. Zimbabwe is calling for continent-wide action to prioritise foundational numeracy, strengthen education systems, support teachers and scale proven solutions beyond pilot projects.
Read more: world-education-blog.org/202…
🇱🇸🎓With @UNESCO's support, Lesotho has launched its first Bachelor of Science in Physical Education & Sport, turning policy into action & preparing future professionals to advance quality education, health & inclusion across Southern Africa.
📖Read more: unesco.org/en/articles/lesot…
Quality assurance is the foundation of trusted, relevant and future-ready higher education.
This week, @unescoROSA and @UNESCOWindhoek are convening Botswana and Namibia to strengthen quality assurance, foster regional collaboration and advance excellence in higher education.
As part of the ongoing regional training on heritage interpretation and storytelling, participants took up on a site visit to Nswatugi and Pomongwe Caves as well as World View in Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe.
#AfricaEuropePartnerships #CulturalHeritage #SustainableTourism
The field visit provided an opportunity for heritage practitioners to see how interpretation can transform a visit into a meaningful journey of discovery by observing the sites through the lens of a visitor.
@euinzim @UNESCO_Eswatini @NamNatCom @UnescoZA @zimnatcom