Fast forward to our veld management weekend, we headed to Borakalalo Nature Reserve once again. We all arrived safely on Friday afternoon where we were greeted by the usual faces returning and, surprisingly, some almost forgotten faces! We headed down to the boardroom in the evening where we wrote our much-anticipated trees test and thenRead more ⟶
Trees weekend March 26 – 28 March 2021 at Borakalalo
Borakalalo was the venue for our fourth module of the year, this time to learn all about trees! The team started arriving in the early afternoon on Friday and soon all tents were pitched with the rain staying away. Our lecturer for the weekend, Hennie de Beer, imparted some knowledge on the fastest way ofRead more ⟶
Wetlands weekend March 12 – 14 2021 at Kgaswane
A short two weeks since out grasses weekend, we were off to Kgaswane for the wetlands, catchments and rivers weekend. On arrival we were greeted by the beautiful scenery at Kgaswane and for a lucky few, a wonderful sighting of a large heard of Eland. Everyone managed to set up tents without the rain interferingRead more ⟶
Grasses Weekend 26 – 28 February 2021 in Borakalalo
The Bushveld Mosaic weekend from 26 – 28 March 2021 was dedicated to grasses. Some of us arrived in bright and hot sunshine to set up camp in an area that had to be cleared from shoulder-high grasses. Some of use arrived a little bit later and had to set up in the pouring rainRead more ⟶
Go Big Or Go Home.
We have all heard the saying “GO BIG OR GO HOME” in one context or another and recently I witnessed it in practise with the publication of the class of 2019 photo book. This is the story of this mammoth project in Andrè Harmse, the author, editor, photographer etc’s. , own words. If you goRead more ⟶
History is made
Saturday morning 16th May 2020 dawned like most other Highveld autumn days. Coldish but with the sun shining to promise a nice warm morning. There was certainly nothing to indicate that this was a day that history was to be made. It was the day we were going to put into practise the saying “ifRead more ⟶
Birds Practical Weekend – 25 TO 27 OCT. 2019
The Birds Practical was held at Borakalalo over the weekend 25 to 27 October 2019. The team started gathering at Fish Eagle from early afternoon on Friday and there were only eleven students that were able to make it. As the others, sadly, had prior commitments. Tents were erected with ease after much practice overRead more ⟶
First Aid Weekend 5 to 7 July 2019 – Antoinette
First Aid is emergency care given immediately to an injured person. The purpose of first aid is to minimise injury and future disability. In serious cases, first aid may be necessary to keep the injured person alive. Our First Aid lecture started on Friday evening in the Pilanesberg Education Centre, straight after we wrote our testRead more ⟶
Geology weekend 21-23 June 2019 – Tanya
We were off to Borakalalo once again for the next module in the Bushveld Mosaic course. It was all about geology, which I of course thought was rocks. How complicated can it get? 😊 We were privileged to have Professors Paul Nex and Judith Kinnaird as our lecturers for the weekend. Like with all theRead more ⟶
Mammals Module 2019 – Michael Hall
The mammals section of the Bushveld Mosaic course was broken up into two, awesome practical weekends. A lecture on African Antelope at the Pretoria Zoo and a weekend discovering the intricacies of mammal behaviour at the Pilanesberg National Park in the North West Province. Our guru for Antelope and Mammal Behaviour was none other thanRead more ⟶