Thanks to the relationships fostered by Dr. Kevin Robertson who heads up the College’s Sustainable Use and Field Guiding Unit, Pack Leader Pet Products (Pty) Ltd, a leading provider of nutritionally appropriate pet food, have taken a decision to support the SAWC’s K9 program with food at no charge, effective immediately. This exciting news comes...Read More
The Higher and Advanced Natural Resource Management Qualifications classes of 2018 recently bid their farewells before departing on their Work Integrated Learning block, during which time the students return to their home countries and places of work. With the completion of the Higher Education and Training April examinations, the Natural Resource Management students’ first semester...Read More
Everyone knows that Africa dances to the beat of her own drum. There is one element, however, that does not seem to take its time, and that is the change in the seasons. One day can be sweltering with temperatures well into the 30s or even 40s, and the very next day can see the...Read More
The Bridging Course class of 2018 started training in February and is scheduled for completion in July. There are currently 22 students who have received sponsorship from the Hans Hoheisen Conservation Trust (HHCT), Friends of African Wildlife (FoAW), Timbavati Foundation, Grounded Media, and Children in the Wilderness (CITW). This year’s programme drew its participants from...Read More
Over the past three months, the Southern African Wildlife College’s K9 Unit has connected with a number of new contacts, largely through the team’s presence at a conference on working dogs in KwaZulu Natal as well as at the International Working Dog Conference in Johannesburg. What has followed is a series of invitations to assist...Read More
“Author Unknown (Contribution by Marianne de Kock using her experience and some poetic license)” The job often sucks. Even for those of us who love it. We hold more lives in our hands on one average course than a medical doctor does in a day. All the elements of nature are often against us, but...Read More
In the next few issues of this newsletter, Anelle Rautenbach, Head of Academic Support and Quality Assurance, will explain the requirements that the Southern African Wildlife College must adhere to as a registered Higher Education institution. What is accreditation and why should programmes be accredited? Only programmes accredited by the Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC)...Read More
Many of our donors, partners, and students ask us about our accreditation status and what it means for the College as an institution. Like most requirements relating to compliance in businesses and non-profit organisations, our accreditation forms the foundation of the College and its successes. Without our accreditation, we would not be able to offer...Read More
During the last quarter of 2017, the College’s Applied Learning Unit implemented an experimental ‘floating plant’ reed bed water cleansing system, which was radically different from the initial reed bed concept that was put into place earlier last year. The use of floating plants has in fact been so successful, that the remaining reed bed...Read More
Nurturing and strengthening conservation leadership for today and tomorrow Funding for training in nature conservation is limited in southern Africa. With this in mind the Trust strives to increase its annual funding disbursement to the College. Our annual strategic planning session was held in February with fundraising plans agreed on for the year by...Read More
