Sterkfontein Caves reopened after safety upgrades
The international landmark closed in 2023 after heavy rainfall caused soil movement that threatened safety
Sterkfontein Caves
Little Foot: Two assistants credited for finding ‘needle in haystack’
Little Foot grabbed the world’s attention and the palaeontologist credited with the discovery was sure to recognise Stephen Motsumi and Nkwane Molefe
Karabo is finally complete
The Sterkfontein Caves have revealed another ancient ancestor, confirming South Africa as the home of humanity, writes Sipho Kings McDermott.
Into Mrs Ples’s parlour
David Smith takes a trip to the historically unique
Sterkfontein Caves to look for the Garden of Eden.
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Welcome to Sterkfontein, welcome home
Rian Malan, the South African journalist and author, once made a spiky defence of Johannesburg in a British newspaper.
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Johannesburg a mecca for study of early man
SA’s economic hub is the very model of a skyscraping major city. But Johannesburg also is a mecca for those with an interest in the pre-modern.
