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73-metre-high dam commissioned for Lesotho

On a dusty mountaintop in Lesotho, Mamoliehi Tsapane beats sorghum with a wooden stick, the white grains popping from the husks over a bright green tarp. Just beyond her backyard, a Chinese construction company is blasting the mountain, carving out...

Digging deep at the De Hoop dam project

B&E International is continuing its long-standing relationship with the Department of Water Affairs after winning the contract for the supply of all aggregates to the De Hoop Dam scheme. The dam, which has a planned capacity of 300 million...
Sinkholes

Sinkhole database of South Africa

S Richardson, Councilfor Geoscience Dolomitic rocks occur in the Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West and Northern Cape provinces of South Africa. Dolomite is a soluble rock type that gives rise to sinkholes and dolines if given sufficient time...