Celebrations and graduations from the Arid Node
This year we celebrate the achievements and graduation of three colleagues from the Arid and Northern Node of Scientific Services! Dr Mahlomola Ernest Daemane, General Manager of the Node, completed his PhD through University of the Free State in the Faculty of Natural and Agriculture Sciences. His PhD thesis entitled “The spatial distribution of the woodland and grassland communities in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State Province, South Africa”, contributed to knowledge generation in the modelling of the Afrotemperate forest in South Africa, providing data on species diversity, and description of the plant communities found in the park.
Dr. Daemane (right) received his PhD at the University of the Free State for a thesis entitled: “The spatial distribution of the woodland and grassland communities in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park, Free State Province, South Africa”.
Corera Links has completed her National Diploma, in Agricultural Management, at Vaal University of Technology. Corera, who was Research Assistant with Scientific Services, based in the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park (KGNP), has been appointed as Socio-Economic Transformation (SET) Officer for KGNP. The experience and knowledge of the area that she gained whilst working for Scientific Services has contributed to her career progress. Although Scientific Services will miss her innovative approaches to work, we are thrilled that she will continue to contribute towards SANParks.
Corera Links completed her National Diploma, in Agricultural Management, at Vaal University of Technology.
Letlhogonolo Mokopelo, Research Assistant based in KGNP, completed her National Diploma in Nature Conservation at UNISA. Lethlogonolo was an Environmental Monitor in the Arid Node of CSD before she became the Research Assistant in the Kalahari.
Letlhogonolo Mokopelo, Research Assistant based in the Kalahari, completed her National Diploma in Nature Conservation at UNISA.
We congratulate our colleagues on their achievements!
This article was originally published in the 2022/2023 Research Report.
