Youth in Collections | Maggie Manyatsa

Youth in Collections | Maggie Manyatsa

Qualifications: NDip. Biotechnology, BTech. Biotechnology Q: What inspired you to make this career choice?A: I have always been fascinated by Micro and Molecular biology. It was through fate that I found myself working in collection management. I was first introduced...
Youth in Collections | Natasha Lombard

Youth in Collections | Natasha Lombard

Qualifications: Master of Science degree in Botany Bachelor’s degree (Hons) in Zoology Bachelor’s degree in Ecology Q: What inspired you to make this career choice? A: Both of my parents studied Zoology and worked in the Natural Sciences. As a child we...
Old Fourlegs

Old Fourlegs

Louanne Kirton, Photographic Competition Second Runner-up: The ugliest specimen On 22 December 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the Curator of the East London Museum, received a call from the Captain of the Nerine fishing trawler, Hendrik Goosen. He had just returned...
Youth in Collections | Mujahid Hector

Youth in Collections | Mujahid Hector

Qualifications: Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing Management Q: What inspired you to make this career choice?A: A much needed opportunity presented itself to me and I took a shot at it. At the time I did not know which Department or Collection I would...
Youth in Collections | Zikhona Njeza

Youth in Collections | Zikhona Njeza

Qualifications: NDIT-Business Applications; Certificate in Sustainable Business Analysis NQF7 Q: What inspired you to make this career choice? A: I started my journey at Iziko Museums of South Africa in August 2016, when I was appointed as a GRAP 103 Data Capturer at...
Youth in Collections | Talia Krishanlal

Youth in Collections | Talia Krishanlal

Qualifications: BSc Biological Sciences (UKZN), BSc Hons. Biological Sciences (UKZN). Q: What inspired you to make this career choice? A: I have always found a sense of serenity in nature, so, for my honours research, I had selected a topic that dealt with plant...
Youth in Collections | Precious Tshililo

Youth in Collections | Precious Tshililo

Qualifications: MSc Entomology (Stellenbosch University); BSc Hons. Zoology (University of Venda);BSc Botany and Zoology (University of Venda). Q: What inspired you to make this career choice?A: I always loved nature. That’s why I chose to study Natural Sciences....

David Allan awarded Gill Memorial Medal

BirdLife South Africa Although David Allan is an accomplished academic ornithologist and an avid and enormously experienced birdwatcher, he has always favoured application over theory and active and effective conservation over the simple generation and analysis of...
Youth in Collections | Aphiwe Kozana

Youth in Collections | Aphiwe Kozana

Qualifications: BSc. Botany and Zoology. Honours in Botany (Molecular Biology). Currently doing Masters in Botany. Q: What inspired you to make this career choice?A: I have always been fascinated by biology in general. Growing up I used to watch National Geographics...
Youth in Collections | Ayanda Mnikathi

Youth in Collections | Ayanda Mnikathi

Qualifications: BSc. Degree in Environmental Science, Honours degree in Grassland Science and currently in my Master’s degree in Grassland Science. Q: What inspired you to make this career choice? A: In high school I always loved and got great marks for Geography and...