Kuruman
A town in the Northern Cape. 6 moments on air in the last seven days, the latest on Sunday 06:38.
6 moments, each a 30-second window as it aired
Sunday 11 October6
- 06:38Cape Talk
Kuruman. Let us know what you'd like to hear more or less of. Email comments at ketalk.co.ca. You're listening to the best of talk. Time for us to spend a bit of time in nature talking about a wonderful plant that is so useful for so many
maybe shoved fish which aren't native to that area into the water and so on. What might it have looked like? Paint a picture for us. Well, the Kurman area is fairly arid and it has sort of craggy rock outcrops. There's this dolomite and
- 06:33Cape Talk
of the Kuru. But it's crystal clear, beautiful water for entirely patable for drinking, supplies the town of Kuruman and much else besides. And David, the longevity of it, I mean, any sign of the water flow slowing down, potentially Peter.
Hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years old. Yes, indeed. So Kuriman is situated at the northern edge of what's called the Gaut Plateau, which is a dolomitic geological feature. And the dolomites tend to have these subterranean
- 06:30Cape Talk
visiting professor in heritage at the Saul Plikey University in that part of the country. Hello, David. Is the eye of Kuruman still as sparklingly lovely as I recall it? Well, yes, it's certainly a very striking place. It looks
- 06:29Cape Talk
time to drop a pin in a place of interest in South Africa. And the pin dropped at the Eye of Kuruman, which surprisingly is quite close to Kuruman. I was there 35, 40 years ago and was absolutely struck by this extraordinary sight of all