NISC News
Orcas Demonstrate They No Longer Need to Hunt in Packs
4 March 2024 •
Announcements & Notices
An orca (killer whale) has been observed, for the first-ever time, individually consuming a great white shark – and within just two minutes.
“The astonishing predation, off the coast of Mossel Bay, South Africa, represents unprecedented...
Special Issue on Avian Moult - Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology
29 January 2024 •
Announcements & Notices
Feathers are the foundation of the grace and beauty for birds, but to keep them looking pretty behind the scenes, a crucial process unfolds—the annual replacement of the feathers, known as moult. A recent global...
Moult Special Issue in Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology
18 December 2023 •
Announcements & Notices
Feathers are the foundation of the grace and beauty for birds, but to keep them looking pretty behind the scenes, a crucial process unfolds—the annual replacement of the feathers, known as moult. A recent global...
Treatment Action Campaign in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
29 November 2023 •
Announcements & Notices
Led by Zackie Achmat, The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) emerged as a protest campaign against the lack of access to treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa in 1998.
In the 2000s, TAC evolved...
African Humanities Series now co-published with Routledge
24 November 2023 •
Announcements & Notices
NISC is proud to announce that the African Humanities Series of books is now co-published with Routledge (Taylor & Francis). This follows the successful co-publishing agreement in the journal space with Taylor & Francis that...