Matthew Hattingh

Oct 9, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Matthew Hattingh

ROVING REPORTERS Conservationists can no longer afford to neglect community needs in the pursuit of biodiversity, says SANParks executive conservation manager, Howard Hendricks. All South Africans will remember 2023 when load shedding truly hit home, exceeding all previous years and plunging the country into the equivalent of 72.6 days of blackouts. And also Cape Town’s Day Zero drought, which peaked in 2017/18 when Mother City taps came perilously close to running dry.

Oct 9, 2024 | goodthingsguy.com | Matthew Hattingh |Tyler Leigh Vivier

Three top African researchers on a mission to protect wildlife and ecosystems are in the running to win the prestigious USD 150,000 (R2,6 million) Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer research grant at this week’s Oppenheimer Research Conference in Midrand, Johannesburg. Johannesburg, South Africa (09 October 2024) – Imagine you’re a bird. It’s a hot day, and you’re sitting on a rock. The temperature in your little body is soaring. So to cool down, a lot like a dog, you begin panting (yes, birds pant).

Sep 29, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Matthew Hattingh

ROVING REPORTERS At a recent Tipping Points webinar, the three finalists for this year’s $150,000 Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer Research Grant talked about their planned projects to preserve biodiversity. Imagine you’re a bird. It’s a hot day and you’re sitting on a rock. The temperature in your little body is soaring. So to cool down, a lot like a dog, you begin panting (yes, birds pant). However, when you do this you lose water, which might be hard to come by.

Aug 26, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Matthew Hattingh

ROVING REPORTERS Time in iMfolozi, free of the trappings and trivia of everyday life, brings clarity and a sense that, ultimately, everything flows into one. Wilderness trail guide Rodney Hlatshwayo and his colleagues have taken some bigshots into the Zululand bush over the years: business tycoons, political leaders and even royalty. Occasionally they get asked if a certain guest might receive VIP treatment. “But how do you do that?” asks Rodney. “Here we are all the same.”Don't want to see this?

Aug 14, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Matthew Hattingh |Siziwe Hlongwa

ROVING REPORTERS OP-ED Women are increasingly occupying dynamic leadership roles in conservation, breaking stereotypes, overcoming barriers, and driving impactful change – but it comes at great personal costs and sacrifice. Maybe Hollywood or King Kong were to blame, says Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka of her otherwise supportive mother’s dread at her daughter working with gorillas.