Month: September 2021

The ZooClub’s Experience During the Pandemic

By: Parks Leshaba, NZG Education Officer. The Covid-19 pandemic has presented different learning opportunities for the ZooClub programme. The ZooClub received an invitation from the organisers of the Bushveld Mosaic Environmental Course to attend an environmental interpretation and appreciation workshop in Pilanesberg National Park in the North West Province on 11 September 2021. The PracticalRead more ⟶

Tribute to 2021 Bushveld Mosaic student, Derrick Griffiths.

By Britta Zawada. We give tribute to our fellow-student and friend, Derrick Griffiths, who passed away since our last Bushveld Mosaic weekend together because of COVID-19. Derrick joined the Bushveld Mosaic course out of an interest based on his profession as an evaluator of game and wildlife properties. It was clear very early on thatRead more ⟶

Archaeology weekend 20 – 22 August 2021

Report by Britta Zawada. The Archaeology weekend was in essence a journey through time looking at the development of modern humans, starting from Australopithecus afarensis (between 4 and 3.5 million years ago)to Australopithecus africanus (between 2.5 and 2 million years ago) roaming the African plains, moving on to Homo habilis, Homo erectus (about 1 million years ago) right up to Homo sapiens sapiens. TheRead more ⟶