All countries have a variety of water resources—some are on the surface, like rivers, and some are beneath the ground. This groundwater provides almost 50% of all global domestic use and 43% of all ...

Africa’s first deep underground science laboratory may become a reality in the next five to ten years with the establishment of the Paarl Africa Underground Laboratory (PAUL) in the Du Toits Kloof ...

Africa Underground is back with “Beneath the Stars,” an evening of cosmic delights at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art, Friday, July 13, from 7 to 11 p.m. Coming on the heels of a ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — Months after South African authorities initially cut off supplies to miners working illegally in an abandoned gold mine, rescuers brought dozens of bodies and ...

South Africa’s government is facing criticism for its clampdown on illegal mining that cut off food and water to hundreds of miners underground, after at least 78 bodies were pulled from a shaft this ...

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South Africa is preparing to open its first new underground gold mine in 15 years, a rare development in a country that once led the world in gold production. ・South Africa is opening its first new ...

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The South African government recently trapped thousands of people underground in an old gold mine. After the mine was decommissioned from regular use, poor people with no means of earning a living ...

“Africa Underground” returns Friday, Sept. 30, with “No Boundaries,” an evening of eclectic delights at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art from 7 to 11 p.m. Coming on the heels of a ...