An article by George Kamuzhu Phiri, SAWC SRC President, on the Work Integrated Learning component of the Higher and Advanced Certificate programmes. Going back home after being away for three months is always a happy moment for every student. However on our last day we were cordially […]
Students from the Higher Education and Training courses in Nature Conservation all returned from their workplaces to start their second semester modules on 23 July 2018. This, after they have spent three months back at their workplaces completing the practical component of their studies called Work Integrated Learning (WIL). During WIL students are expected to […]
The Applied Learning Department at the College, focuses very strongly on practical hands on learning methodologies, whilst testing and using newly developed tools to train our students. For example, with the advent of smart phone applications and environmental monitoring tools, conservation leaders can now observe, record and analyse data for improved conservation management and of […]
Although ICT is not often associated or mentioned in the various conversations around wildlife conservation, or conservation in general, it nevertheless plays a major role both in the establishing, and maintaining of any undertaking concerned with conservation. This is also the case here at the Southern African Wildlife College where it is our mission to […]
“So if the eyes are milky or you have to scrape the carcass off the road surface, you should seriously consider NOT consuming the roadkill,” said one of the trainers while presenting his lecture. “Let us look at WHY we should use warm water when preparing the perfect cup of coffee, using the Bialetti filter […]
From the Editor “We’re pleased to be able to report on a number of accomplishments over the last quarter. Our Students from the Higher Education and Training courses in Nature Conservation all returned from their workplaces to start their second semester modules on 23 July 2018. The College received very positive media coverage around the […]
Following the memorial service of Mr. Ernest Mokganedi held at the Department of Environmental Services in Pretoria yesterday (1 August 2018), the Board of the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC) would like to pay its further respects to its fellow Board member. “The SAWC Board has lost one of its key members. We were extremely […]
It is with an extremely heavy heart that the Southern African Wildlife College advises of the loss of our fellow Board Member and friend, Mr. Ernest Mokganedi who was tragically killed in a motorbike accident over the weekend (Saturday 28th July, 2018). Ernest, Director of Transfrontier Conservation Areas in the Department of Environmental Affairs in […]
On 3 July 2018, the first of 10 new counter-poaching dogs arrived at South Africa’s OR Tambo International Airport from Texas, USA. These specially trained, free-running pack dogs are joining a highly motivated K9 Unit at the Southern African Wildlife College. Once settled and accustomed to their new handlers, they will be deployed in counter-poaching […]
Autumn has given way to winter with a sudden transformation of the bushveld, a very different picture to that of only a few months ago. The bush is still filled with a wide range of autumn colours as the Tamboti groves change to shades of orange and the Kiaat trees to hues of ochre as […]