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On the trail of leopards in Rwanda
10 September 2019
Graduates from the SA College for Tourism’s Tracker Academy have been closely involved in a leopard monitoring and habituation project at the Magashi concession in Rwanda’s Akagera National Park. Since December 2018, trackers have travelled in teams of two, spending three months on the project before returning home.
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SA College for Tourism students strut their stuff
15 Jul 2019
A recent visit by the 2019 ROAR Africa Women Empowerment group to the SA College for Tourism Hospitality Training campus in Graaff-Reinet, allowed students to showcase their newly learnt skills.
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Women ‘on the spoor’
09 May 2019
The Tracker Academy has been training professional trackers through its CATHSSETA accredited programme since 2010. In 2018, the programme expanded its reach to include the intake of the first two female tracker students...
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A gourmet stand-off for title of Fab Chef 2018
14 Sep 2018
Eight pairs of chefs in training competed for the Fab Chef 2018 title at the SA College for Tourism.
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Microsoft Enables South African NPOs To Drive Greater Impact Through Digital Transformation
05 Jul 2018
Building on Microsoft South Africa’s support of Peace Parks Foundation’s anti-poaching solutions, Microsoft Philanthropies is providing a grant to support its move to the cloud and AI for Earth is providing three grants...
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120 Graduates Excel In Hospitality And Wildlife Tracking
15 Dec 2017
This year, 96 women from eight Southern African Development Community member states – Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe – graduated at SA College for Tourism (SACT). They were...
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SACT Tracker Academy – Teaching Skills For Life
10 Nov 2017
Just outside Graaff-Reinet on Samara Private Game Reserve, Pokkie (Karel) Benadie is out tracking with his seven students. “Look at this,” he says, pointing to a newly dug shallow trench. “Anyone know what...
