South Africa’s Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe plans to carry out the first large-scale seismic survey in the Karoo Basin since the 1970s. South African plans to allow a ...

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Tristan Nortje soloed to victory in commanding fashion, breaking the 12-year-old course record by nearly 3 minutes at the 2024 Lions Karoo to Coast. Catherine Colyn was as dominant in the women’s race ...

Cave art created by the San, the indigenous hunter-gatherers of South Africa’s Karoo region, may have been inspired by fossils of long-extinct reptiles. A mysterious animal painted on a cave ...

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