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 ⟶
Mammals weekend 11 June – 13 June 2021
Mammals in terms of different species, are outnumbered by arthropods, reptiles, birds and fish however they show huge diversity in their morphological, anatomical and physiological adaptations making them very interesting to study. Mammals come in all shapes, sizes and have adapted to virtually every habitat. As a result of their complex brains, they also have the abilityRead more ⟶
Maria
Sue Oxborrow penned a tribute to Maria which she read at the service recently, and I have published it here with her permission. R.I.P Maria your memory will live on in Bushveld Mosaic
Geology weekend 21 May – 23 May 2021
Report by Lebo Augistin, edited by Jane le Roux. Photographs by Jane le Roux A TRIBUTE We give tribute to Maria Cazzavillan and Bob Scholes, two great people that we as a group were privileged to meet during our Bushveld Mosaic course. May they both be remembered for their remarkable contributions to Bushveld Mosaic andRead more ⟶
Veld Management weekend 16 – 18 April 2021 at Borakalalo
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 ⟶