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title: "The Weekend Wrap – Photos show Jagersfontein devastation, breakthrough from Rising Star caves announced soon"
description: "A preventable disaster all but wipes out Jagersfontein, the Rising Star caves are about to reveal a new scientific breakthrough and Discovery poses an investment riddle – all in this weekend’s wrap of the week."
type: "NewsArticle"
publisher: "Daily Maverick"
site: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za"
section: "The weekend wrap"
author: "Daily Maverick"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/dailymaverick/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-09-17-weekend-wrap-3-jagersfontein/"
published: "2022-09-17T18:37:14"
updated: "2022-09-17T19:17:57"
lang: "en-ZA"
---

# The Weekend Wrap – Photos show Jagersfontein devastation, breakthrough from Rising Star caves announced soon

> A preventable disaster all but wipes out Jagersfontein, the Rising Star caves are about to reveal a new scientific breakthrough and Discovery poses an investment riddle – all in this weekend’s wrap of the week.

By Daily Maverick · Published 17 September 2022, 20:37 SAST · Updated 17 September 2022, 21:17 SAST