By Johnathan Paoli
Mapungubwe, located at the confluence of the Shashi and Limpopo rivers near the borders of South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe, stands as a monument to one of southern Africa’s earliest civilizations.
South African National Parks, in collaboration with other key stakeholders, including the University of Pretoria, recently commemorated a re-emerged lecture series on the archaeological and political history of Mapungubwe and its surrounds.
The three-day event, held at the Mapungubwe National Park, commemorated the importance of the site both in terms of its cultural value as well as the continuous potential it holds for furthering economic development within the region.
Set in the background of the northern Limpopo bush, the park brought together tour walks in addition to an inaugural lecture by professor of Archaeology and Heritage Management at Great Zimbabwe University, Munyardzi Manyanga, under the theme “Mapungubwe: The Emerging Narrative of Southern Africa’s Earliest Civilisation and
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