Kobus Eloff: Jack-of-all-trades achieves success
Twenty years ago, when the Academy of Science of South Africa was established, Jacobus (Kobus) Nicolaas Eloff, then already in his mid-fifties, was invited, as...
Tag : botany
A bridge builder of note – even into the past
From invasive plants clogging up rivers to ecological restoration, from Karoo and fynbos veld to palaeontology, bulbs and early man – these are some of...
Helping ecosystems adapt to a changing world
by Anina Mumm
Dr Sally Archibald has dabbled in mathematics, languages, zoology and botany, even trying her hand at journalism. Her path to ecosystem researcher was hence not...
Namakwaland toe met ‘n Wellingtonse kinkel
Koeranteberigte oor die komende blomseisoen in Namakwaland herinner my toe weer aan ‘n saaklike onderskrif en foto wat onlangs in die Paarl Post verskyn het....