The Council for Geoscience (CGS) can confirm that an earthquake occurred on Sunday morning 06 November 2022 at around 09:29 (South African Standard Time). The earthquake registered a preliminary magnitude of 3.9 on the local magnitude scale as recorded by…

The CEO of the Council for Geoscience, Mr Mosa Mabuza gave a presentation on 29 September 2022 at the Limpopo Mining, Energy and Industrialisation Investment Conference coordinated by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy in Polokwane. Mr Mabuza presented…

The Council for Geoscience (CGS) mourns the sudden passing of its board member Mr. Smunda Mokoena, who sadly passed away on Thursday, 17 March 2022. Mr. Mokoena, appointed to the CGS board on 1 May 2020, also served on its…

The CEO of the Council for Geoscience, Mr. Mosa Mabuza, gave a presentation on 25 January 2022 at the North West Mining Investment Conference coordinated by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy in Rustenburg. Mr. Mabuza presented the mineralisation…

The Council for Geoscience (CGS) officially launched its survey boat known as the R/V (Research Vessel) Nkosi today. The boat was acquired to augment the CGS’s marine geoscience programme, which aims to map the South African continental shelf in the…

The Kingdom of Eswatini recognises the importance of geoscience in economic development. For this purpose, investment has been made in the collection of high-resolution geophysical data that will initially cover the north-western sector of the country. The Geological Survey Department…

In the published amended regulations of the National Disaster Management Act of 2002 on 16 April 2020, Section 11K (3) stipulates that “the monitoring and impact of seismicity through the Council for Geoscience must be intensified with immediate effect”. The…

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…