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Did KZN coelacanths all come from one mom? April 28 2003 at 07:16AM By Tony Carnie Underwater scientists exploring the ocean depths off South Africa have plucked a "missing link" fish scale from one of several prehistoric coelacanths for genetic paternity tests. The scale was removed from the rare fish at Sodwana, KwaZulu-Natal, using a tiny dart gun and a remote-controlled, robotic arm mounted on the German mini-submarine Jago earlier this week. The Jago, owned by the Max Planck research institute, is part of an international expedition to learn more about the coelacanth population of Sodwana Bay. Several more scales...

Iron Age pops out of KZN sewer September 06 2002 at 11:42AM Iron Age artefacts between 50,000 and 100,000 years old were unearthed while workers were digging to lay a new sewerage pipe near Amanzimtoti on Thursday. Pieces of iron smelting furnaces, slag and iron ore, arrowheads and bits of human bone had so far been found, said Gavin Anderson of the Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg. Once the area had been fully excavated, the artefacts would be displayed in the museum, he said. - Sapa