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Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe.(Rodger Bosch/AFP)

Courts temporarily halted Shell’s exploration but fracking in Karoo gets Mantashe’s nod

The mineral and petroleum resources minister has commissioned a seismic survey for oil and gas in the Karoo Basin

Sanele Khakhu

Factual fiction: An artist’s interpretation of the Grallator, which stood about two metres high and grew to a length of about three metres. It is likely that this animal made the trackway found at Storm Shelter in the Eastern Cape

South African discovered dinosaur could help demystify the life of the famous T-Rex

Why a tiny dinosaur from the Eastern Cape is making waves for the T-rex family

Sally Evans