South African plans to allow a seismic survey for oil and gas in the country’s southern and central Karoo Basin have met with scepticism that a breakthrough to large-scale shale-gas exploitation can ...

Against the odds, a farming town deep in South Africa’s Karoo desert has emerged as a hotspot of homemade crafts and heirloom treats. By Mary Holland March 27, 2024 2:15 pm ET Share ...

South Africa has imposed an indefinite ban on fracturing activities in the Karoo basin, putting a major obstacle in the path of companies that want to explore the semi-arid region for shale gas.

The 27,000-hectare Samara Karoo Reserve is home to a growing roll-call of iconic species and a varied habitat that features five of South Africa’s nine recognized biomes. Samara Plains Camp.

Samara Karoo Reserve is the perfect place for a malaria-free wilderness in the Great Karoo of South Africa and a place to see the Bg Five (lion, leopard, black rhinoceros, African bush elephant ...

JOHANNESBURG, April 21 (Reuters) - South Africa's cabinet placed a moratorium on Thursday on exploration licenses in the country's semi-arid Karoo region where the controversial shale extraction ...