NISC News
Special Issue on Mesopelagic Fish
African Journal of Marine Science Volume 48 Issue 3 is a special issue titled "Mesopelagic fish in the Benguela Current ecosystem and Indian Ocean: environmental influences on communities, trophic int...
New Editor-in-Chief: Dr Mampoi Mabena
Dr Mampoi Mabena has been officially appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. A highly regarded academic, Dr Mabena brings extensive exper...
Blue and fin whale sightings on the rise in the South East Atlantic
More than 40 years after the end of commercial whaling, new research reveals a recent increase in sightings of the world’s two largest whale species in the southeastern Atlantic. The findings...
Evolution of Language Rights in South Africa
Language rights occupy a unique and often contested space within South Africa’s constitutional framework. As a diverse and multilingual society emerging from a deeply racialised and exclusionary...
Power Lines Pose Deadly Threat to Namibia’s Large Birds
A year-long study in southern Namibia has confirmed what conservationists have long feared: power lines are killing significant numbers of large bird species, with some populations, particularly busta...