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The College’s K9 unit continues to be a game changer for conservation teams across the Greater Kruger working to stem the tide of rhino poaching. With support from its donors, the SAWC has pioneered an approach to combat rhino poaching that combines well-trained field rangers and the addition of free-running canine assets. The result is that...Read More

Our Technical Associate, Elna de Beer recently spent three weeks in Mozambique (9 – 30 September 2022) being part of two new initiatives. The first two weeks were spent at Zinave National Park (ZNP) and Banhine National Park (BNP) respectively. This process focused on the recently signed agreement between the College and the Peace Parks...Read More

The College and Pan African Conservation Education (PACE), are partners in the Tusk Trust Network.  PACE is an educational programme initiated by Tusk Trust in partnership with Siren Conservation Education. The principle behind PACE is to show that everything in the environment is linked and that in looking after the environment, humans, wildlife, and people...Read More

The Community and Youth Development Department continued to pursue its objective of making conservation accessible to all. In the third quarter, the Natural Resource Management, Terrestrial (Level 5) students were deployed back to their work places in their various countries and workstations.While the Level 5 class was sent for Work Integrated Learning (WIL), the Level...Read More

By Bruce Missing I have been actively involved in conservation, specifically in counter-poaching in the Greater Kruger area for the last six years. Throughout my time, I have seen a variety of different strategies and tools used to combat poaching, all with varying degrees of success. However, one tool, which has been consistent since the...Read More

This last quarter has demanded a lot from the team. It has included a number of trips to reserves for consulting, training and to provide mentorship, much of which has been made possible with funding from the Ivan Carter Wildlife Conservation Alliance. Part of our aim is to expand our footprint across the African continent....Read More