Media statements

Groen Sebenza Phase II Programme

15/09/202215/09/2022

Environmental/Biodiversity organisations are hiring 1050 graduates The Groen Sebenza Phase II Programme is a bridging into work programme funded to […]

Welcome the sun at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden

01/09/202201/09/2022

If there’s one thing that unites most Joburgers it’s that the people of this city love the beginning of summer: […]

Minister Barbara Creecy visits the National Zoological Garden

04/08/202216/08/2022

On Thursday 4 August 2022, the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment Ms Barbara Creecy, joined by board members […]

SANBI pursues options for retirement of Charley, the African elephant at the Pretoria National Zoological Garden

29/07/202229/07/2022

The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) would like to announce the decision to pursue options for the retirement of […]

SA’s succulent plants experience unprecedented rates of decline

22/07/2022

Pic: Domitilla Raimondo IUCN Red List assessment reveals shocking collapse of South Africa’s wild succulent plant populations South Africa’s succulent […]

First-ever successful rooting of SA’s endangered ‘Yellow Peeling Plain Tree’

21/06/2022

First-ever successful rooting of South African critically endangered ‘Yellow Peeling Plain Tree’ also known as Mutavhatsindi in Tshivenda The year […]

A collaborative project to strengthen spatial biodiversity assessment, prioritisation and planning in southern Africa

08/06/2022

On 7 June 2022, in the presence of the French Ambassador to South Africa, SANBI signed a financial agreement with […]

Two decades of deep insights celebrated this World Oceans Day

07/06/202207/06/2022

On World Oceans Day 8 June 2022, South African National Biodiversity Institute marine scientist Prof Kerry Sink and her Deep […]

Minister Creecy launches Thohoyandou National Botanical Garden

23/05/202224/05/2022

Minister Barbara Creecy launches the Thohoyandou National Botanical Garden at the commemoration of International Day for Biodiversity 2022 The launch of […]

Jimmy Nevis and Jeremy Loops set to bring the music back

18/02/202220/02/2022

Yes, it’s official. The popular Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts return to the Garden with a two-show only, limited ticket line-up. […]

Rural communities benefit from Small Grants Facility enabling local responses to climate change

23/11/202123/11/2021

The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) has successfully supported twelve community-based organisations to develop and implement projects aimed at […]