{"id":12462,"date":"2026-04-23T22:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ditsong.org.za\/en\/?page_id=12462"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:53:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:53:53","slug":"ditsong-tswaing-meteorite-crater","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ditsong.org.za\/en\/our-museums\/ditsong-tswaing-meteorite-crater\/","title":{"rendered":"Ditsong: Tswaing Meteorite Crater"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n <\/span>Tswaing Meteorite Crater<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>[vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_raw_html css=””]JTNDaW1nJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZkaXRzb25nLm9yZy56YSUyRmVuJTJGd3AtY29udGVudCUyRnVwbG9hZHMlMkYyMDE5JTJGMDklMkZ0c3dhaW5nLmpwZyUyMiUyMHN0eWxlJTNEJTIyd2lkdGglM0ElMjAxMDAlMjUlM0IlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0ElMjBhdXRvJTIyJTJGJTNF[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Opening Hours<\/h3>\n

Admission Weekdays: 07:30 – 16:00<\/p>\n

Weekends: 06:00 \u2013 14:00<\/p>\n

(Except Christmas Day & Good Friday) <\/p>\n

Reach Us<\/h3>\n

Soshanguve – T, Soshanguve, 0164<\/p>\n

Tel:<\/strong> 060 624 5786 \/ 060 476 5044<\/p>\n

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Some 220 000 years ago a blazing stony meteorite the size of half a football field slammed into the earth\u2019s crust. The impact formed a huge crater, 1.4 km in diameter and 200 m deep. This crater is one of the best-preserved meteorite impact craters in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The name \u201cTswaing\u201d means place of salt in Setswana and refers to a saline lake that covers the crater floor. From 1912 to 1950, an industry producing soda ash and salt operated at the crater.<\/p>\n

Major attractions, besides the crater, are an extensive wetland system, the large variety of plant species of the Sourish-Mixed Bushveld, and 240 species of birds.<\/p>\n

From the start, the Tswaing project has invited community participation in its planning and development.<\/p>\n

Local communities have already benefited from the Museum project through job creation, skills training, environmental education, income-generating projects and tourism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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