Maropeng Highlights 2011

From left to right: Sterkfontein Caves operations supervisor Reuben Tsime, Professor Philip Tobias and Maropeng tour guide Mathabela Tsikoane

Future Ed, the education show, took place in May 2011 and Maropeng was one of the exhibitors. Maropeng showcased their educational resource pack, a teaching tool aimed at incorporating the theory of evolution in all subjects from Grade R through to matric.

In April 2011, Archaeology students from the University of the Witwatersrand got to taste a real excavation site when they uncovered stone tools that date back at least 1-million years. The site, located at the entrance of the Tumulus building, was ideal for the students as it didn’t involve deep cave systems, and it gave them invaluable experience.

On February 2, 2011, the Cradle of Humankind celebrated World Wetlands Day. The visitor centre for the Cradle of Humankind maintains its own artificial wetland system - an SSF CWS or Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland System – which is designed to naturally assist in the filtering and cleansing of the site’s grey and black water.