The 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗲𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 will host the 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 in celebration of Youth Month. The competition will be open to all school learners from 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟵 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 old.
As part of 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 which is celebrated by many across the world and which forms the largest global platform for environmental outreach, the 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 calls for artworks on the theme of “𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻”.
The National Museum in Bloemfontein is hosting the Free State Young Artists Awards in celebration of Youth Month again in 2022. This art competition will be open to all learners in the Free State under the theme “Only One Earth.”
Exhibition News: The National Museum is commemorating Youth Day with a temporary exhibition which focuses on the school boycotts in Mangaung during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Youth Day, which is annually commemorated on June 16, was declared a national public holiday day to remind South Africans of the Soweto uprisings of June 1976 and the sacrifices that were made by Soweto’s students who bravely resisted an inferior education system.
National Museum CEO, Sharon Snell, congratulated Dr Nico Avenant for this prestigious recognition as the author of the most cited paper. The paper was published in Integrative and Comparative Biology ( ICB ), one of the most highly respected and cited journals in the field of biology.
Image: A Chirqui Fire Salamander (𝐵𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑒) encountered at night on a fern. Photo: Roger Morales.
Eighteen new species of reptiles and amphibians were described worldwide during May 2022, comprising three salamanders, four snakes, five lizards and six frogs. In addition, the Blue-bellied Kukri Snake (𝑂𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑢𝑠) was re-discovered in India.