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
The launch of the second phase of the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) programme, was preceded by a regional inception workshop for Southern Africa, that was held at the OR Tambo Southern Sun Hotel, Johannesburg, South Africa, in April 2018. The first part of the workshop included government and intergovernmental participants (30 participants from...Read More
Another donor who has played an important role at the College over the years is the Hans Hoheisen Charitable Trust (Managed by Nedbank Private Wealth). During a recent visit to the Lowveld, where the Trust was conducting project site visits, they met up with the students enrolled on the Youth Access: Conservation and Environmental Education...Read More
Friends of African Wildlife once again paid homage to their positioning line “Be Part of It” when they recently brought two family groups from Switzerland to see what the College is about and why it is so special to foundation founders, Christoph and Bettina Weber. Friends of African Wildlife was founded following a visit that...Read More
A group of seven prominent Swiss media hosted by Bettina Weber of Friends of African Wildlife and Michèle Hungerbuehler from Hotelplan Suisse recently visited the College. Their itinerary included visits to the different projects and programmes sponsored by Friends of African Wildlife and supported by Hotelplan Suisse. This meant that they were able to spend...Read More
The SAWC CEO, Theresa Sowry recently joined well-known conservationist Ivan Carter on a two-week trip to the United States. The purpose was primarily to meet up with the counter poaching free tracking and apprehension dogs that have been bred in Texas and are being trained for the College, and to fly the College flag at...Read More
As you visit Southern African Wildlife College online, you’ll probably notice that things look a little different. We’ve been busy over the last few months reconceptualising our digital presence with exciting results. First of all, we have a new-look website, which we’re currently testing. Our official launch will be a celebration of a platform that’s...Read More
2018 will no doubt require much the same input as 2017, with the College’s area of aerial operation encompassing the entire Greater Kruger Environmental Foundation (GKEPF) area, which includes both state ownded and private reserves as well as the Central Kingfisherspruit region of the Kruger National Park. A breakdown of flying hours and statistics for...Read More
On 24 April the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) and the University of Mpumalanga (UMP) signed a memorandum of understanding to formalize their collaboration as leading institutions in conservation education, training and skills development in southern Africa. The MoU allows students from the UMP to be immersed in understanding and solving real conservation issues thanks...Read More
