LOOK OUT FOR: Queen of the night
This highly invasive plant Cereus jamacaru has been declared a category 1b species in terms of the Alien and Invasive Species Regulations (AIS), National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act (Act No 10 of 2004), which necessitates its control, or removal and destruction if possible. It is quite prolific in the Waterberg and needs to be irradicated
Did You Know? Birds in the Waterberg
Did you know there are more than 450 species of birds recorded in the Waterberg?
Ringing birds in the Waterberg
For the last 14 years a dedicated team from SAFRING and LEDET have been travelling to the Waterberg to spend a week each November capturing, collecting data, and ringing birds before re-releasing them. This data is sent to SAFRING to be inserted in the SA Ringing database.
A new home for rescued pangolins
Lapalala Wilderness is a conservation area in the Waterberg spanning 48,000 ha of breath-taking and diverse habitat. In a historic milestone, Lapalala was declared a formally protected nature reserve by LEDET in 2020, making Lapalala the largest privately owned nature reserve in Limpopo.
World class facility for the Waterberg
The official opening of the new Lapalala Wilderness School (LWS) took place in the Waterberg on Saturday 26 November 2022. It has been said by many that this magnificent facility is the best environment education center in the whole of Africa, if not the world!
The mission of the LWS is a noble one: “to help our children and young adults discover the value of biodiversity in our natural world and our place within it, and to identify and nurture Africa’s future conservation champions”.
Saving the Rhino under another name
Save the Waterberg Rhino has been supporting the prevention of poaching and the protection of rhinos, other wildlife, and people in the Waterberg for the last decade. More than R13 million has been raised directly through STWR for security equipment and infrastructure, training, assistance to clusters,
Did You Know? FGASA
FGASA (Field Guides Association of Southern Africa) originated in 1989 by none other than our own Clive Walker of the Waterberg.
Look Out For Pompom weed
November/December is the time when Pompom weed propagates. This is the time to control it from taking over as an invasive here in the Waterberg.
Great progress by Waterberg Research
Waterberg Research Support Centre (WRSC) is a registered NPC and was founded by Marileze Greyling to provide support in the coordination and collation of research in the Waterberg Bio-Region.
Resurrection Bush (or Myro to the moon?)
The resurrection Bush or Myrothamnus flabellifolia, is a common plant in the Waterberg with remarkable attributes. Professor Jill Farrant grew up in the Waterberg and devoted her life studying these unique plants. She is the world’s leading expert on them and is currently DSI-NRF Research Chair, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.