Since its inception the Southern African Wildlife College has conducted field ranger training across the African region to meet the needs of the conservation industry. Under the leadership of Ruben de Kock, who started working with the College two decades ago, the African Field Ranger Training Services Division, which falls under the College’s Protected Area...Read More
With Fondation Segré’s commitment to help protect the biodiversity of our planet through the active conservation of threatened species and their habitats and the restoration of degraded ecosystems, the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) and its Trust are proud to have been selected as funding recipients over the next three years (2019 – 2021). This...Read More
The Southern African Wildlife College’s (SAWC) ‘Free Tracking’ Hound project was awarded the Innovation award at the Kruger National Park (KNP), Marula South regional Achievement Awards held at the Nombolo Mdhluli Conference Centre at Skukua on 7 February. This award was for a group effort between SAWC; KNP section rangers and KNP airwing to get...Read More
From the Editor “The Southern African Wildlife College is ending the year on a high note! Our students from the Natural Resource Management Higher and Advanced Certificate programmes have graduated! It is an annual highlight and emphasises our core purpose as an accredited SADC institute for higher education and training , as we train beyond boundaries. We...Read More
Dear Friends of the College 2018 has been quite a year for us filled with highlights, challenges, introspection, sleepless nights, arduous days out in the field and the ever-inspiring commitment from the team and our supporters. It really does fill me with great pride when I see the progress that has been made across all...Read More
With thanks to Elna de Beer and Linda Hlengwa for their detailed feedback. During the final Training Advisory Working Group gathering of 2018, the focus was on the review process conducted by the RISE team on the Community Development and Conservation (CDC) module. It was a true “Learning by Doing” approach, as the content of...Read More
Visit to the College The Trust was thrilled to have a number of our donors join us in November for two extraordinary days at the College, to attend the “highlight event of the year”, the Natural Resource Management student dinner, followed by the graduation ceremony the next day. A sense of anticipation hung in the...Read More
Southern African Wildlife College CEO Theresa Sowry recently attended the annual dinner of The Royal Foundation. Hosted by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, the private function was at Victoria House in London. Since Prince Harry’s visit to the College at the end of 2015, The Royal Foundation has...Read More
There is no doubt that the iIlegal wildlife trade is one of the biggest threats being faced globally, with species such as elephant, rhino, lion and pangolin being targeted across the African region. Without trained men and women on the ground, who are able to manage their wildlife areas sustainably, whilst also protecting vulnerable species...Read More
In 2018, many of our Higher Education and Training students have been involved in collecting valuable bird observation data in and around the campus. This is of course a really important form of environmental monitoring, where we can undertake presence and absence studies, but, also track changes over time. With the ever-present and emerging threat...Read More
