Unesco, international experts grumbling at SA government about fiasco at Vredefort Dome
The Vredefort Dome which should be a heritage jewel for South Africa with which thousands of visitors could be lured to the country annually, has now become an international embarrassment where millions of rand of taxpayers’ money have been wasted over the last couple of years, Dr. Pieter Mulder, Leader of the FF Plus said.
The possibility is even being mentioned that Unesco (the educational, scientific and cultural organisation of the United Nations) could withdraw its classification of the area as a world heritage area due to the lack of cooperation from the ANC government.
According to the web page of Unesco, a deadline of the 1st of February of this year was given to the government to meet certain requirements. This was not done.
The Vredefort Dome originated approximately 200 million years ago when a asteroid with a diameter of nearly 10km wide collided with the earth at a speed of roughly 150 000 km/h. The earth’s surface was nearly 17 km higher at the time than it appears to be presently.