UNESCO Regional Office for Southern Africa

Harare, Zimbabwe
Joined May 2017
📢 NEW PUBLICATION! How can museums & communities reclaim & share Southern Africa’s liberation histories? Explore @UNESCO's Beyond Mayibuye toolkit, co-created with cultural practitioners from 9 countries. 📖 Download: unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/4822… #BeyondMayibuye #UNESCO #Museums
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Yesterday, youth from #Malawi, #Zambia & #Zimbabwe reviewed @UNESCO's southern Africa study on youth mental health in times of economic hardship. Findings highlight livelihood pressures, stigma & support gaps, informing #UNESCO’s Global Youth Outlook report. #YouthMentalHealth
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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
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🌍 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 @_AfricanUnion
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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
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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.
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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
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🔴 #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
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🇿🇦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
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🇸🇿 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.
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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…
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🌳 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…
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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.
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🎥 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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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…
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🇱🇸🎓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…
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