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NRF-SAIAB Briefing Note: Climate Change Impacts on South Africa’s Coastal and Estuarine Fish

Objective – A briefing note aims to provide a concise outcome based synopsis of recent research or expert opinion that may inform decision making and activities by authorities, NGOs and NPOs. The briefing note series complements the academic peer reviewed...

May 28, 2025

News and Events

NRF-SAIAB Hosts African Microbiome Group for Strategic Stakeholder Engagement

On 7 May 2025, NRF-SAIAB’s Managing Director, Prof. Albert Chakona, hosted a high-level stakeholder engagement at the Institute’s Makhanda (Grahamstown) facility, welcoming Prof. Thulani Makhalanyane and the African Microbiome Group (AMG) from Stellenbosch University. This strategic meeting, attended by emerging...

May 9, 2025

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Biological Control Milestone led by DSTI/NRF-SAIAB SARChI: Weevil Released to Combat Invasive Salvinia Minima in Hartbeespoort

On Monday, 17 March 2025, South Africa took a significant step toward protecting its freshwater ecosystems with the release of the Cyrtobagous salviniae weevil in the Crocodile River at Hartbeespoort. The Rhodes University Centre for Biological Control (CBC), in collaboration...

March 18, 2025

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Celebrating southern Africa’s Freshwater Fish Heritage: NRF-SAIAB’s Nationwide Book Launch and Stakeholder Engagement Roadshow

In November 2024, the NRF-SAIAB team, led by former Managing Director Emeritus Prof. Paul Skelton, Acting Managing Director Prof. Albert Chakona, and Communications and Stakeholder Relations Manager Lucky Dlamini, embarked on a week-long roadshow to launch the latest edition of...

February 12, 2025

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NRF-SAIAB and SANBI’s REFRESH Project Participates in the 2024 Great Southern BioBlitz

The NRF–South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (NRF-SAIAB) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), as co-leads of the NRF FBIP Large Grant REFRESH Project, have marked a significant milestone in the project by participating in its first BioBlitz....

February 11, 2025

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NRF Insights, Volume 2: Analysis of Research Output Supported or Performed by the NRF

The National Research Foundation (NRF) has published NRF Insights, Volume 2: 2024, titled Analysis of Research Output Supported or Performed by the NRF. NRF Insights is a series of publications that monitor and assess the state of research and research...

January 29, 2025

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NRF-SAIAB Briefing Note: Small but mighty – The humble mullet and their ecological importance

Prepared by: Taryn Murray, Bantony Ziko, Dinah Mukhari & Amber Childs Objective: A briefing note aims to provide a concise outcome-based synopsis of recent research or expert opinion that may inform decision making and activities by Authorities, Industry, NGOs and...

January 22, 2025

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NRF-SAIAB-SAEON Briefing Note: Climate change resilience and refugia for fishery species

Prepared by: Nicola James & Shaun Deyzel Objective – A briefing note aims to provide a concise outcome based synopsis of recent research or expert opinion that may inform decision making and activities by authorities, NGOs and NPOs. The briefing...

December 13, 2024

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Reaching New Horizons: NRF-SAIAB’s Nokubonga Mbandzi-Phorego Shares Insights from Her First International Trip and Training Workshop to Canada

By: Nokubonga Mbandzi-Phorego The NRF-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity researcher, Dr Nokubonga Mbandzi-Phorego visited the Hakai Institute in Quadra Island, Canada for a training workshop on the Global Eutrophication Monitoring (GEM) programme from the 23rd – 27th of September...

November 30, 2024

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Unveiling New Species: How Eight New Catfish Species Were Named

By: Dr Yonela Sithole (PDP Postdoctoral Research Fellow) In the groundbreaking study of the Parauchenoglanis genus, eight new species were discovered in the river systems of central and southern Africa. Previously classified under Parauchenoglanis ngamensis, these species were identified as...

November 14, 2024

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