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CREW Programme presents iNaturalist training series

Aug 30, 2021Aug 30, 2021

The Great Southern Bioblitz (GSB) is just 55 days away! We are excited to have 5 cities, 6 regions, 1 […]

Wild ones: Crop Wild Relatives key to SA food security

Aug 18, 2021Aug 18, 2021

South African woman holds wild spinach (Source: Google […]

Rare pygmy chameleon rediscovered

Aug 4, 2021Aug 4, 2021

Rare Chapman’s pygmy chameleon (Rhampholeon chapmanorum) long feared to have gone extinct, has been rediscovered in the rainforest in southern […]

Kirstenbosch reduced fee for SADC & African nationals from August 2021

Jul 30, 2021Jul 30, 2021

Cape Town’s Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is renowned as the most beautiful garden in Africa and the first botanic garden […]

Winter Wonders at Kirstenbosch for school holidays

Jul 7, 2021Jul 13, 2021

From 1 to 25 July 2021, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is hosting its annual Winter Wonders Special. Children 17 years […]

Seeing the Invisible – Augmented reality exhibition to premiere at Kirstenbosch September 2021

Jun 30, 2021Jun 30, 2021

Renowned as the most beautiful botanical garden in Africa – Kirstenbosch will become the backdrop to the most expansive exhibition […]

Academic success during COVID-19 lockdown

Jun 18, 2021

National Zoological Garden’s (NZG) ZooClub members, Sthobiso Mtshweni and Golden Mthimunye, from Ndzundza Mabhoko Secondary School in Mpumalanga, each got […]

Minister Creecy launches latest assessment on South Africa’s biological invasions report

Jun 2, 2021Jun 3, 2021

Science shows us that one of the key factors driving the accelerated decline of biodiversity is the invasion of alien […]

Bees are at the heart of biodiversity

Jun 2, 2021

Biodiversity is the living fabric of our planet. It underpins human wellbeing in the present and in the future, and […]

Mr Shonisani Munzhedzi appointed as SANBI CEO

May 28, 2021

Mr Shonisani (Shoni) Munzhedzi has been appointed as a Chief Executive Officer and will assume duty in June 2021. Mr […]

Minister Creecy launches alien and invasive species status report

May 28, 2021May 28, 2021

Minister Barbara Creecy, to launch alien and invasive species status report in Cape Town The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and […]

Researchers uncover ecologically important SA coralline algae species

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

Researchers have uncovered three new ecologically important South African coralline algal species erroneously passing under the Japanese species name, Spongites […]