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  • Mother Earth Day, 22 April 2023

    Posted on April 20, 2023

    Celebrating Mother Earth day by showcasing South Africa's river network

  • YouthMappers 2023 Women's Participation Award

    Posted on April 17, 2023

    The Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Mereology was awarded the YouthMappers 2023 Women's Participation Award.

  • Seasonal forecast for April 2023 available

    Posted on April 15, 2023

    The late autumn early winter season rainfall is expected to be mostly below normal over the entire region. Parts of the summer rainfall area may expect winter rain and above normal rainfall is expected over the winter rainfall region during early spring.

  • South Africa’s electricity disaster is an air quality disaster, too

    Posted on April 05, 2023

    Associate Professor Rebecca Garland was part of a team who recently published an article on how load shedding affects air quality in South Africa.

  • 2023 GGY789 Field Trip, Florisbad

    Posted on March 29, 2023

    The 2023 GGY 789 field trip, led by Prof. Natalie Haussmann and Prof. Greg Breetzke, took place from 24 to 27 March at Florisbad, in the Free State. Fifteen of the BSc Geography Honours students attended. Throughout the few days spent at the research station the students enjoyed talks and...

  • Cognitive Geomatics project workshop: Sense of Place – Crowd Mapping

    Posted on March 29, 2023

    ‘Cognitive Geomatics – Digital teaching to create awareness of intercultural differences in sense of place using Germany, South Africa and Kenya as case studies’ is part of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for University Students – BWS plus, a programme of the...

  • Celebrating World Meteorological Day - 23 March 2023

    Posted on March 20, 2023

    World Meteorological Day takes place every year on 23 March. The themes chosen for World Meteorological Day reflect topical weather, climate or water-related issues

  • Seasonal forecast for March 2023 available

    Posted on March 14, 2023

    During the upcoming autumn season, rainfall is predicted to be lower than normal in most areas. However, there is a small part of the winter rainfall region where higher-than-normal rainfall is expected at the beginning of the forecast period. As for the rest of the winter rainfall region,...

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