Impacts can carve out large craters because the mass and velocity of the impactor work together to shatter the landscape in much the same way as the mass and ...

True, the Vredefort structure is vast and appears to have three deeply eroded rings. Johannesburg lies near the outermost one ...

Discover eight of the world's oldest places you can still visit, from South Africa's ancient rocks to prehistoric monuments.

9 October 2026 – The Vredefort Dome is the world’s largest and second oldest verified meteorite impact site, located in Potchefstroom, North West, Parys in Free State and Gauteng Province. According ...

Journey into South Africa’s Vredefort Dome, where ancient rock rings preserve the story of the world’s largest known impact structure. Discover how a colossal meteorite strike reshaped the landscape ...

Indeed, almost wherever we look on some of them, we see distinctive, circular craters as a record of impacts from rocky debris in ages past. So can we see craters on Earth? The answer is yes – but we ...

Scientists in South Africa have made an amazing discovery in the globe’s biggest meteor impact crater, the Vredefort Crater. While experts were studying the unique geology of the crater a number of ...

Both a unique scientific site and an emerging tourist destination, the Vredefort Dome tells a story more than two billion years old. This gigantic remnant of a meteorite impact attracts researchers, ...

The Vredefort Dome in the Republic of South Africa is one of the largest confirmed meteorite impact structures on Earth. Approximately 2 billion years ago, a massive celestial body estimated to be ...

Many visitors arrive expecting to see a giant hole in the ground. Instead, they find rolling mountains, quiet rivers and beautiful countryside. So where is the Vredefort Dome? The answer is all around ...

Note to Editors: Please find attached English and Afrikaans soundbites by Cllr Carina Serfontein and Sesotho soundbite by Cllr Joseph Mbele. See attached picture here. – Over R60 million spent, centre ...

GEORGE NEWS - The University of the Third Age’s (U3A) May programme opens on Wednesday the 15th with Armchair Travel, in which Estelle Frohling presents ‘Panoramic Peru in South America’. This second ...