Africa's first deep underground science laboratory may become a reality in the next five to ten years with the establishment of the Paarl Africa Underground Laboratory (P.A.U.L.) in the Du Toits Kloof mountains in the Western Cape in South Africa, accessed via the existing Huguenot tunnel.
The PAUL project was officially launched in the aftermath of the first week-long international Symposium on the Science PAUL (SSP 2024), which was hosted at Du Kloof Lodge, 14 - 18 January 2024.
The African Underground Science (A.U.S.) workshop aims to share the most recent developments at Africa's first underground research facility, and grow support from the regional support base in Southern Africa for the development of the PAUL facility, and the future research and development projects which could be pursued at the PAUL. A strong emphasis will also be placed on the societal importance of PAUL to the local community and broader society.
