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The ties that bind: South Africa’s natural heritage, specimen by specimen

Sep 23, 2026 | Latest

This Heritage Day, the Natural Science Collections Facility is celebrating the collections that hold the record of the living world South Africans share: an estimated 30 million specimens, one national story. Heritage Day 2026 is celebrated under the theme Celebrating...

Pressed for Impact: Unleashing the Potential of South African National Parks Plant Records

Sep 17, 2026 | Latest, SPNHC 2026

Nikisha Singh presented at SPNHC 2026 on how SANParks’ four herbaria, holding over 35,000 specimens across nine biomes, are being digitised and opened to the world. A century of plant records, hidden in our national parks Most visitors to South Africa’s...

Saving Orphan Collections: Lessons from the Bews Herbarium

Sep 9, 2026 | Latest, SPNHC 2026

Christina Potgieter Curry presented at SPNHC 2026 on how the Bews Herbarium incorporated five neglected plant collections — and what other institutions can learn from the experience. What happens to collections that lose their home? Across South Africa, natural...

Her name on the label, today: the women building South Africa’s collections

Sep 2, 2026 | Latest

The names on today’s labels are being written by a new generation of women; in digitisation suites, herbarium labs, and the field. When we talk about the women behind South Africa’s natural science collections, it is tempting to look only at the past. But...

The ties that bind: South Africa’s natural heritage, specimen by specimen

Pressed for Impact: Unleashing the Potential of South African National Parks Plant Records

Saving Orphan Collections: Lessons from the Bews Herbarium

Her name on the label, today: the women building South Africa’s collections

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