Why We Use Only 80% of Our Grazing Capacity Building resilience into veld and wildlife management. At Mabalingwe Nature Reserve, one of the most important management decisions we make is not to use all the grazing capacity the veld can...
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD): Protecting Our Wildlife and Livestock
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD): Protecting Our Wildlife and Livestock Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) has recently been confirmed in our region. While there are currently no reported cases on our property, the proximity of the outbreak requires...
Succession and Veld Condition: Tracking the Health of Our Ecosystem
Succession and Veld Condition: Tracking the Health of Our Ecosystem How grasses tell the story of veld recovery — or decline Healthy veld doesn’t happen by accident. At Mabalingwe, we constantly monitor how the landscape changes...
Meet the Invaders: Alien Plant Species Threatening Our Veld
Unmasking the plants that don’t belong — and why they’re a real danger to biodiversity Not all greenery is good for the veld. Hidden among the native grasses and shrubs of Mabalingwe are plants that don’t belong here — and their...
Fire as a Tool: How Controlled Burns Support Biodiversity
Fire as a Tool: How Controlled Burns Support Biodiversity Restoring veld health with one of nature’s oldest forces At first glance, fire might seem like a threat to nature — but at Mabalingwe Nature Reserve, it's one of the most power...