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29/11/2018, ,

An introduction to tourism – a sneak peek from a trainers point of view

I had the opportunity to train our Higher Certificate in Nature Conservation Implementation and Leadership class for six days in the introductory topic of tourism. This is a very important topic for most of our students attending this particular course in Natural Resource Management mainly due to the fact that all of them work for...
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29/11/2018, ,

A closer look at mosquitoes

They are all around us but if you could make them disappear from the world, I bet you’d jump at the chance! The Applied Learning Unit is conducting a project to control the mosquito population at the water treatment reed beds. The problem though, is that the more you learn about the critters the more...
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29/11/2018, ,

Founders Day

On Friday 26 October, the Southern African Wildlife College celebrated Founder’s Day, which is an opportunity to commemorate not only the day on which His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, unveiled the foundation stone of the Southern African Wildlife College, but to highlight to fact that every staff member has played a...
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28/11/2018, ,

2nd Dangerous Game Site Guide course

Early August saw the start of our second Dangerous Site Guide course for 2018. In keeping with the department’s aim of providing quality training we again only took on ten students, four of whom are from Malawi’s Department of National Parks, funded by The Royal Foundation. Other students are two young women from Makuya Trust,...
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20/11/2018, ,

The SAWC wins prestigious conservation award

The Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC’s) K9 Unit won a prestigious Kudu Award at a gala event at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Gauteng on 16 November. They shared this honour with the Meerkat Project, a high tech surveillance operation in the Kruger National Park. Both projects were recognised for their innovation and results in...
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Mayibuye
24/10/2018, ,

Field Notes – October 2018

The last few months have been rather strange weather wise. Normally we start to experience a few warm days during September with a light rain shower here and there, so when October arrives we already have a slightly elevated humidity factor. This coupled with blistering hot days makes for a rather uncomfortable time in the...
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24/10/2018, ,

Anti-poaching statistics and arrests – October 2018

On 21 September 2018 the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) released an official press release with the latest statistics on rhino poaching. Below is the breakdown of rhino lost in the various provinces for the period January to August. It’s extremely encouraging that we have observed a decrease in poaching statistics over past few months....
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26/09/2018, ,

Boost for regional training as grant funds expansion at Wildlife College

A substantial grant from the German Government through KfW has taken the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC), one of Africa’s premier conservation skills and training facilities, to the next level. “Conservation in southern Africa is facing enormous challenges. We are proud of the role the College is playing in developing the human and social capacity...
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28/08/2018, ,

El Nino looms

Latest forecasts from the South African Weather Service (SAWS) indicate that over the next few months, sea surface temperatures over the equatorial Pacific Ocean will become warmer than normal. This means the area is going into an El Nino phase which will peak toward the end of this year. Forecasts indicate a 70% probability of...
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