@africanscribe wrote: “The seismic activity in the Northern Cape should be enough to raise eyebrows over Vaalputs, a 10,000-hectare nuclear waste site in Namaqualand, a mere 230km from Calvinia, where all low level radioactive waste from Koeberg is taken”.

Residents experienced an earthquake that measured a 5.3 magnitude 101 kilometres from Rondvlei in the Northern Cape. It was also felt in Cape Town.

An earthquake, with a magnitude of around 5.3, was recorded in the Northern Cape in the early hours of Sunday, according to the US Geological Survey agency.

Some Western Cape residents reported experiencing tremors on Sunday morning after an alert for a 5.5 earthquake was reported in the Northern Cape. “A magnitude 5.5 earthquake took place 120km NNW of Calvinia,

A earthquake in the Northern Cape sent tremors and shakes across Cape Town, raising safety concerns. What are these hazardous worries?