Intensive searching throughout South Africa over the past few years has uncovered just three wild populations of South Africa’s wild […]
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SANBI’s gardens remain closed during lockdown level 3
Lockdown Level 3 regulations currently state that all public places for recreation are to remain closed. All SANBI’s gardens are […]
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National Botanical Gardens and National Zoological Garden to close
All 11 National Botanical Gardens and the National Zoological Garden will be closing on 25 March 2020. The decision to […]
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2020 Chelsea Flower Show postponement
The South African National Biodiversity Institute’s (SANBI) Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens notes the postponement of the 2020 Royal Horticultural Society […]
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Zoo has precautions in place to deal with COVID-19
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) announces that its National Botanical and Zoological Gardens will remain open to the […]
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National botanical and zoological gardens remain open
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) announces that its National Botanical and Zoological Gardens will remain open unless further […]
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A message to all SANBI service providers
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) issued purchase orders to service providers to provide goods and services. As a […]
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Free State National Botanical Garden suspends use of amenities
Due to the risk of a potential spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19), the garden has suspended the use of the […]
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Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts postponed to November
In light of the recent declaration of COVID-19 as a National Disaster, Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts in association with Old […]
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Kirstenbosch events suspended with immediate effect
In line with the President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement regarding the corona virus outbreak, the following events at Kirstenbosch are suspended […]
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All botanical and zoological gardens remain open
South African National Botanical and Zoological gardens remain open to citizens. South Africa now has 17 confirmed cases of COVID-19. […]
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Changes to Summer Sunset Concert line-up
Please note that there has been a change to the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concerts line-up, on Sunday 15 March, the […]
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Sixth annual Flufftail Festival takes flight
BirdLife South Africa, Rand Water (Water Wise), Toyota, the Rare Finch Conservation Group, the Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural […]
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Catch Kwesta and Lady Zamar at Kirstenbosch on 2 February
Due to an unavoidable change in the artists’ schedule, Kwesta will now be accompanied by Lady Zamar on 2 February. […]
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Partners forge ahead with efforts to secure important water source area
The South African National Biodiversity Institute has successfully convened a number of partners to consolidate gains made in investing in […]
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