News — Grassland Society of Southern Africa (GSSA)

Most Prolific Adjudicator 2021

Robyn Nicolay - University of KwaZulu-Natal

Best Research Proposal Poster 2021

Jabulile Leroko - University of the Western Cape

Norman Rethman Planted Pastures 2021

Erica van Zyl

Best Presentation by a Young Scientist 2021

Annerine Myburgh - University of Pretoria

Best Poster 2021

Derryn Nash - KZN Department Of Agriculture And Rural Development

Best Presentation 2021

Christiaan Harmse - Northern Cape Department of Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Land Reform and Rural Development

Best Paper in the AJRFS in 2020

Smit, I.P., Peel, M.J., Ferreira, S.M., Greaver, C. and Pienaar, D.J.,

Two of the GSSA’s Congress 55 award winners, Robyn Nicolay and Anisha Dayaram, have written feature articles on the work they have been doing and presented at the congress. The spotlight falls on wire grass (Elionurus muticus) and forage sorghum (Sorghum spp.) in our grass and pasture feature of the month. A few mysteries are solved as we finally learn the reason for the deaths of 350 elephants in Botswana and the reason for the mysterious ‘fairy circles’ in Australia and Namibia. Discoveries were made as researchers found a new grass species in the Maloti-Drakensberg area and a PhD student found an ‘extinct’ plant in Piketberg. There is also a new app for karoo plant identification that you can download and try out this holiday season.