As part of a FirstJob Internship programme, where the College hosts a number of interns across its various departments each year, it also helps facilitate the training and development of these interns. Included here is the Rise-preneurship training, which this year ran from 22-30 June and which was sponsored by the FirstJob programme. The FirstJob programme...Read More
The SAWC has established a small internal committee of junior leaders that comprises six members, supported and encouraged by the CEO, Theresa Sowry. The purpose of the committee is to make the College a better place/environment to work in. Each member has a project to coordinate of which five have been approved by the SAWC’s management...Read More
The ERAIFT project We had a group of students from the Regional Post-Graduate Training School on Integrated Management of Tropical Forests and Lands (ERAIFT) project sweating in the field over April. They have completed their fieldwork, and most are done with writing for their theses. They now have a lot to work on since they received...Read More
About two years ago some of the Applied Learning and Research & Development (ALRD) team attended virtual GISCorps training in ArcGIS Online and Esri’s Conservation Solutions. Following the training we requested ongoing mentorship and support from GISCorps as we wanted to integrate their tools into our curriculum and everyday workflows at the College. In order to...Read More
By Elna de Beer – Technical Advisor These are the words of Paulo Chambisse from Banhine National Park (BNP) describing his experience of the first session between the Community Engagement Teams (CET) of Zinave and Banhine National Parks coming together for a learning exchange at Zinave National Park (ZNP) during May 2023. Paulo Chambisse (BNP)...Read More
The Community and Youth Development Department (CYD) headed into quarter two without the Natural Resource Management, Terrestrial Level 5 students on campus. All 26 students in the flagship class were busy with different projects as part of their Work Integrated Learning (WIL). The WIL is based on the modules covered in block one with WIL occurring...Read More
The months of April and May were busy for the Coaching Conservation team. The team hosted coaches training from 17 to 21 April and had the chance to kick off their first delivery of Elephant and Rhino Rapid Awareness programmes at the College May. In April, a team of five Good Work Foundation (GWF) trainers and...Read More
The SAWC airwing has been hard at work during the past few months. Our main objective has been with follow-up rhino de-horning projects on a number of different wildlife reserves within the Greater Kruger sector. Mass rhino de-horning follow-up operations were conducted in the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve as well as the Balule Private Nature...Read More
Altin Gysman, Head Protected Area Integrity Unit /African Field Ranger Training Services The last quarter has been a busy one for the Protected Area Integrity department, specifically for African Field Ranger Training Services with course running both nationally and internationally. We embarked on training in Namibia by training Field Rangers of the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Park...Read More
Dr Qinisani Qwabe – Lecturer: Natural Resource Management Programme Teaching and Learning (T&L) should be fun, relevant, and meaningful. When I speak of relevance, I refer to the ability of the theory to add value to the student’s life. I have been part of the College for the past five months, offering sequential courses for (aspiring)...Read More
