The previous quarter presented many changes to the small but dynamic Rural Initiatives for a Sustainable Environment (RISE) Unit. At the end of February, we bid farewell to three colleagues; Linda Hlengwa, Martha Themba and Vutomi Mnisi.  The former two colleagues left as the Unit’s GT5213 Project drew to a close. The project funded […]
This innovative programme to develop rangers to meet the changing demands of their jobs, has its beginnings in a conversation which took place at the Game Rangers Association Summit held at the SAWC in 2018. Mr De Kock introduced Mr (Lt Col) Altin Gysman to General Johan Jooste, presenting him as the Leadership subject specialist […]
Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is the practical application of skills learnt in a course back at the workplace and has been part of both the Higher Education certificate courses at the College for the last 20 years. Within each certificate course, WIL is scheduled between April and July each year after the first semester exams […]
Eric Norton, a volunteer at the Applied Learning Unit, took part in the Environmental Conflict Management M.Sc. course, recently hosted at the Southern African Wildlife College. He noted his interest in the field of human-wildlife conflict from a career perspective, and looked forward to hearing the knowledge from those who have experience of working in […]
South Africa’s leading wildlife economy and criminology researcher, Dr Annette Hübschle-Finch from the University of Cape Town, recently visited the College. As the College expands its Applied Research activities, it is also building collaborative networks with other applied researchers. The College recently hosted Dr Annette Hübschle-Finch, who came to engage Dr Richard Fergusson and Ashwell […]
The Southern African Wildlife College team was excited to receive five containers from Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and three from DP World, global trade enabler, through the support of The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex. “These containers are a great addition to our facilities […]
June 2019 marks a significant milestone for the Southern African Wildlife College’s K9 Unit: over 100 arrests since February 2018 when the packs went operational! Working in close collaboration with partners and law enforcement officials in the Greater Kruger area, the unit’s involvement in the apprehension of over 100 poachers in the past sixteen months […]
At an historic meeting on 2 May 2019, at the College of African Wildlife Management Mweka (CAWM) in Tanzania, CAWM and the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC), pledged to work together to find appropriate and scalable solutions to the conservation of African wildlife through capacity building and development. Formalised by a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) […]
The Southern African Wildlife College Board of Directors is proud to announce the appointment of Fundisile Mketeni as the new chair taking over from Dr. Bartholomeu Soto from May 2019. Mketeni, Chief Executive Officer of South African National Parks, holds a Masters Degree in Environmental Management with 30 years of experience in the field of Environmental […]
The Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) and the Government of Zambia, acting through the Ministry of Tourism and Arts (MOTA), recently signed a memorandum of understanding to formalise their collaboration to provide world-class conservation education, training and skills development in southern Africa. The MoU sets out a broad framework within which the parties seek to […]