Pamela Oberem

Briza Publications author Pamela Oberem is a writer and veterinarian. She began her career as State Veterinarian in the Calvinia district and from there went to Onderstepoort where she specialized in laboratory diagnostics and research into bacterial and viral...

Nigel Gericke

Briza Publications author Nigel Gericke studied botany and zoology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, graduating with B.Sc Honours in plant ecology 1978 and then went on to study medicine at the same university, graduating as a medical...

Niels Jacobsen

Author Niels Jacobsen is an ecological consultant with a lifelong interest in plants and animals including reptiles and amphibians. He has worked for Southern African conservation department for 30 years of which 20 were spent as herpetologist of the former Transvaal...

Nico Smit

Briza Publications author Nico Smit obtained the degrees B.Agric (1980) and B.Sc. Agric-Hons (Grassland Science) (1983) from the University of the Free State. His professional career started in 1986 with his appointment as agricultural scientist in service of the...

Neels Esterhuyse

Briza Publications author Neels Esterhuyse was born in Namibia, in the small town of Okahandja in 1935. He spent his youth on the farm Eureka in the Outjo district and attended Outjo primary school. He matriculated at Paul Roos Gymnasium, Stellenbosch, and obtained a...