Mar 28, 2024 | Emerging Leaders, Iqoqwana Initiative, Latest
Getting to know Shawn Shawn is a 26-year-old geologist who recently completed his masters degree in igneous geochemistry and remote sensing. He became involved in natural science collections through the Devonian Ecosystems Project back in 2021 as a means of...
Mar 27, 2024 | Emerging Leaders, Iqoqwana Initiative, Latest
Getting to know Romano Romano is a collections assistant at the Iziko Museums of South Africa in the Marine Biology Biodiversity Unit. He finds it a privilege and an honor to have worked at this institution for seven years. His role involves the curation,...
Mar 26, 2024 | Emerging Leaders, Iqoqwana Initiative, Latest
Getting to know Siyavuya Siyavuya Twetwa is a collections assistant who looks after the collection and digitizing of specimens at the Iziko Museum of South Africa in the Invertebrate Paleontology and Geology department. He is pursuing a PhD in environmental and water...
Mar 25, 2024 | Emerging Leaders, Iqoqwana Initiative, Latest
You may have heard us mention that, as part of our Iqoqwana Journey, we would like to develop emerging leaders in collections. Well, that is no longer a dream; it has become a reality. We are excited to inform you that we will be hosting our very first Emerging...
Mar 3, 2023 | Iqoqwana Initiative, Latest
Meet Pindiwe Ntloko, Production Scientist at Albany Museum in Makhanda. Pindiwe is a curator and researcher who looks after the collection. For example, some of the jars in the wet store are almost or half empty, she fills those jars with Ethanol to properly preserve...
Feb 21, 2023 | Iqoqwana Initiative, Latest
With the collections assessments coming up, and the orientation workshops just a few days away, we would like to profile the people in the collections. The people that are hard at work, making sure that our precious collections are in the best state. The people that...
