By Karl Ferreira – Chief ICT Manager As we conclude another year, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) department congratulates the long-term students. The NQF Level 5 and Level 6 year-long courses successfully completed their final exams, with graduates celebrating their achievements on 28 November 2024. Reflecting on the year’s journey, the ICT department takes […]
Student Dinner – 27 November 2024 The celebrations kicked off with the Student Dinner, an evening filled with good food, great company, and enough jokes to make anyone snort into their dessert. This year’s theme, Education is the match. Each one of you can be the fire, set a reflective tone for the evening. The […]
Coaching Conservation 2024 marked a pivotal year for Coaching Conservation (CC) at the SAWC, as the programme paused to reflect and recalibrate following the departure of several coaches who secured roles in the conservation sector. This reflection provided an opportunity to integrate insights from a Botswana-based CC training team visit in December 2023. It highlighted […]
Ecological Literacy Webinars Under the Dallas Safari Club Foundation (DSCF) grant, the Responsible Resource Management department rolled out a workshop series comprising four webinars conducted over four days. These sessions focused on two short courses: Decision Making and Ecological Literacy. The webinars were facilitated by Sarah Savory, a Holistic Management Consultant, educator, and daughter of […]
As the world has looked with apprehension, concern and excitement at the arrival of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) application CHAT.GPT in 2023, the world of academia has been struck with a seismic earthquake. Students, lecturers and researchers now have access to generative AI, which means that an AI can generate text, images and audio based […]
Higher Education Compliance and Data Management By Senziwe Morale – Coordinator: Quality Management and Accreditation  The Higher Education Quality Committee Information System (HEQCIS) of the Council on Higher Education serves as a national centralised data management system for private higher education providers in South Africa. It requires bi-annual updates within the submission cycles of 15 […]
By Cliford Nxumalo – Project Research Assistance/Researcher On 20 November, we celebrated Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Day. The day before, on 19 November 2024, we held an online workshop with the Southern African Chapter of Geographic Information Systems (SASCGIS) titled “GIS and Conservation Efforts in the Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area.” The webinar aimed […]
By Dr. Lindy Thompson – Senior Lecturer Hooded Vultures are Critically Endangered. There are thought to be only 100-200 of them in South Africa, so seeing these birds is pretty special! The College is based within this species’ range, and students and visitors might be lucky enough to see these birds from the campus grounds. […]
As we reflect on the last quarter, we realise just how much has been accomplished since the start of the year. Â Perhaps most importantly was the news we’ve all been eagerly awaiting: the much-anticipated accreditation of our three-year Diploma submission! As such, we are delighted to announce that the Council on Higher Education, following […]
Nine years instead of 18 months later, we wish our Dog Master Johan van Straaten all the best as he returns to the family farm at the end of January 2025 to re-join his wife and family. It’s been an incredible journey since Johan began working at the College in 2016, shortly after the K9 […]