The Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) has been awarded the largest grant in its history, with an incredible investment of €2.5m from the MAVA Fondation pour la Nature towards the College’s Sustainability Fund. With the ever-increasing environmental challenges facing the African continent and its wildlife, it has become progressively important for conservation organisations to equip […]
Graduates were passionate and disciplined as they celebrated the conclusion of six months of training at the Southern African Wildlife College with their families, friends and trainers on 29 August, 2019, leaving all who attended inspired and hopeful about the future of conservation. The 16 students (8 men and 8 women) enrolled in the Youth […]
Aspiring guides can now train at the Southern African Wildlife College in the Greater Kruger National Park, with some of the most experienced assessors in southern Africa. As a SADC recognised and accredited training and skills development provider, the College is endorsed by the Field Guides Association of Southern Africa (FGASA). Based on the highest […]
After 18 months of intensive training, a tracker dog who can sniff out baby rhinos, has arrived on South African soil after a long journey from Texas, USA. Ruby arrived in late July 2019 and is joining the Southern African Wildlife College’s (SAWC) K9 Unit and its accomplished team of counter-poaching hounds. Ruby is a […]
From the Editor These past three months have certainly gone by in a flurry of activity. This has been exciting both in terms of what the College is achieving as well as the work that our different training departments are involved in. Moreover, we have been working hard on a sustainability strategy for the College […]
Two years ago Josephine Loudon and Flip Collot d’Escury from the Netherlands visited the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) as volunteers. Today this has blossomed into an association with Rotterdam’s Erasmus University College. This association will now be run as a pilot aimed at establishing relationships with students from the North and South, namely students […]
The SAWC’s K9 Unit recently received the Kruger National Park’s Managing Executive award from Glen Phillips to honour the work of the SAWC’s free tracking hounds and the Kruger National Park rangers and pilots, including the SAWC’s aerial support unit, in helping to counter poaching. This follows on from last year’s win at the prestigious […]
Many students from the United States of America and other countries visit South Africa on Study Abroad programmes to widen their own perspectives on the career paths they have chosen to pursue. They also travel this far in the hope that they gain some life experience. I have often wondered what makes students come from […]
YES is a joint initiative between government business, labour and civil society, which aims to reduce youth unemployment rates across the country and the College is proud to be a part of this important initiative. The YES programme was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in March 2018, and came into operation in November 2018, following […]
In July 2018 the SAWC and the Greater Kruger Environmental Protection Forum (GKEPF) board entered into a relationship where the College has been tasked with assisting GKPEPF in meeting their community engagement priorities and objectives. This in part includes engaging with fellow Community Liaison Officers (CLO’s) represented within the GKEPF network. The over arching objective of […]