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NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF SWAZILAND

Indoor Events
Indoor Events are held at the Mountain Inn, Mbabane at 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Meetings last around one or one and a half hours.
Non-Members are welcome at all indoor events. However adult non-members are charged E10 each, while children have free entry.
Indoor Events are advertised in the Times of Swaziland.

Sat 21 August 2010, 7.00 for 7.15: pm Graham Ducasse - 'Antarctica'. AGM

Wed 22 September 2010, 7.15 for 7.30 pm: Diccon Robinson -'Alien plant eradication'
Wed xx October 2010: 7.15 for 7.30 pm: Prof Ara Monadjem - 'Challanges for the conservation of African raptors' - An introductory, general account of the conservation status of raptors and factors affecting their decline. Followed by a more detailed discussion covering some of Ara's own research including work on vultures in Namibia, tracking of Ruppell's vulture in Kenya, and the Sokoke scops owl. The last of which is probably the most range-restricted owl in Africa.
Wed xxth October 2010, 7.15 for 7.30 pm: BBC film about Thea Litschka and snakes, presented by Luchi Balarin.
Wed xxx 2010, 7.15 for 7.30 pm: Richard Boycott TBA.
 

Former speakers at our Annual Dinner and other special indoor events include:

  • Dr Graham Ducasse - team doctor for a year in Antarctica
  • Prof Ara Monadjem - Batting in Africa
  • Darron Raw - Swaziland from Land, Water and Air
  • Hugh Chittenden - Rare forest birds of KwaZulu Natal + John Voelker Bird Book Fund
  • Dr Ian Whyte - Elephant / Herbivore research scientist in Kruger Parks for over 30 years
  • Dr Ben Smith - Director of the Rock Art Institute at Wits University
  • Dr John Hanks - Director of Conservation International's Southern Africa Wilderness Program
  • Mr Sibusiso Vilane - The first ever Swazi to scale the summit of Mount Everest - 50 years after
  • the first ever ascent by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
  • Kim Wolhuter - National Geographic filmmaker and former warden of Swaziland’s Mlawula Game Reserve.
  • Dr Gus Mills - A leading authority on Wild Dogs .
  • Dr Lee Burger - A leading archaeologist based in South Africa.
  • Professor David Price Williams - An authority on archaeology who has also worked in Swaziland.
  • Dave Johnson - Expert ecologist with a special interest in the interaction of birds and plants