Did you know that 2 135 new geocaches were placed in South Africa during 2017?  And that 165 336 finds were logged during 2017?  That the most found cache in South Africa during 2017 was GC31WXR, Table Mountain Travel Bug Hotel, and that 6 geocachers found more than 1 000 geocaches during 2017?

To get all the details of these stats, and many more interesting stats about caching in South Africa, follow the Geocaching Statistics topic on the South African geocaching forums.

Which South African geocacher has found caches in the most countries?  Who has the longest caching streak (1 357 days at time of writing)? Whose trackables are the most discovered?  Who has found the most DT combinations in one day?  For answers to all these questions, and many more, check out the Project-GC site, a statistical site full of interesting numbers that you can filter yourself to understand any number of geocaching statistics.

Awesome geocaches can often be described through amazing containers. However, many geocaches may not have innovative containers but are hidden in locations that bring you to a fantastic, off the beaten track spot. This month's Geocache of the Month is just that! We are proud to announce that The Resonant Circle, GC7CQJ8 as our February 2018 Cache of the Month.

Congratulations to scubie999 on this hide which brings you to a very interesting spot on the south coast of Kwazulu Natal.

Do you know of a cache that is worthy of the title of Cache of the Month? Please nominate it for the GoSA Cache of the Month by emailing the details (name, GC code) as well as a justification as to what makes it so amazing. Please include as much detail as possible even if it does include spoilers to help us make an informed choice for the winner - if possible please include a picture of the cache as well. The nominations we have already received this year so far will also be eligible for the March award, additional nominations for March must be submitted by 16 February for them to be considered. March is the last month we will be calling for general nominations, from April we will start with specific themes for each month.

Please send your nominations to .

There are several geocaching weekends coming up.  The first, over the weekend of 2 to 4 March is in Port Alfred, GC7H8H2 Annual event @ Medolino.

The next one is over the weekend 13 to 15 April at the Ezemvelo Nature Reserve near Bronkhorstspruit, GC7F4D7 Ezemvelo Nature Reserve - weekend April 2018.

The final weekend event currently scheduled is at the Tswaing Meteor Crater over the weekend 13 to 15 July, GC7H4NP Tswaing Crater Sleepover X, 2018.

The next big event planned is the 2018 Jolly Jozi Jol, GC7DAJM. We are trying to get this one Mega status, which needs 500 will attends to achieve that. If you will be in Gauteng on 29 September, log your will attend now so we can get this event up to Mega status.