The Council for Geoscience (CGS) mourns the passing of Professor Maarten de Wit, an internationally acclaimed geoscientist who worked over several decades in numerous fields, including the evolution of the early Earth, Earth system processes and science transdisciplinarity. His contribution…

The Council for Geoscience (CGS) can confirm that an earth tremor occurred roughly 72 km southwest of Durban on 31 October 2019 at 13:19. The earth tremor registered a preliminary 3.7 on the local magnitude scale as recorded by the…

On Thursday, 26 September 2019, the Auditor-General awarded the CGS the much-coveted PFMA Clean Audit award for the financial year 2018/2019. This prestigious award marks the culmination of 16 years of consecutive unqualified audits by the CGS. The Auditor-General’s Business…

The CGS is deeply saddened by the tragic passing of our Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources, Ms. Bavelile Hlongwa, last Friday, 13 September 2019. Ms. Bavelile Hlongwa was an aspiring, young and energetic leader who was passionate about the plight…

The Council for Geoscience, as the national custodian of all geoscience data in South Africa, has embarked on the development of an updated and digitally interactive geological map of South Africa. This map takes advantage of fundamental geological data that…