Jun 6, 2022 | #TheScienceStruggleIsReal, Latest
My name is Anri Theunis, née Marais. I’m 29 years old and was born in Malmesbury, Western Cape. I grew up in a small community, Riverlands, about 60km North of Cape Town. Surrounded by nature, I have always loved the long walks and picnics my grandmother and I used to...
Jun 3, 2022 | #TheScienceStruggleIsReal, Latest
Being uninformed, failure, confusion…listen to Maxine’s #TheScienceStruggleIsReal story as she narrates it. You too can share your #TheScienceStruggleIsReal storyEmail Fulu at f.gelebe@sanbi.org.za or WhatsApp at 0728822332. Click here for details and...
May 31, 2022 | #TheScienceStruggleIsReal, Latest
My name is Timothy Macqueen, and I am a 29-year-old scientist/botanist who struggles with type 1 bipolar disorder. I have struggled with mental illness since it manifested itself when my father passed away in 2010. I excelled at varsity culminating with a Cum Laude...
May 18, 2022 | Latest, Value of collections articles
Article by Nicklaus Kruger Museums aren’t just musty buildings for storing boring old stuff. They have the power to teach us about our past and open our minds to new ideas — and to transform the world around us. On International Museum Day 2022, we’re celebrating that...
May 16, 2022 | Latest, New Species
Simon van Noort, Research and Exhibitions Department, Iziko Museums of South Africa The ongoing exploration and documentation of the huge diversity of unknown wasp species in Africa has recently led to the description of new species of rare parasitoid wasp species,...
May 16, 2022 | Latest, Outreach
Fulufhelo Tambani, NSCF Hub How learners were introduced to natural science collections at a science outreach event in rural South Africa. The NSCF team, consisting of myself (Fulufhelo Tambani), Grace Kwinda from the ARC, Siphamandla Mceleli from SAIAB and Phistos...
Mar 3, 2022 | Latest, Value of Collections, Value of collections articles
Written by: Nicklaus Kruger South Africa has an estimated 100 natural science collections at approximately 40 institutions – museums, herbaria, universities, and so on. Together, they provide over 18 million objects or specimens representing about 100,000...
