Standing on the shoulders of colourful giants: 50 years of zoological research in southern Africa

Abstract

On the occasion of a symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Zoological Society of Southern Africa (ZSSA), the history of the Society is outlined in terms of its different ‘growth stages’ under different political dispensations and geographical headquarters, of its 34 organized symposia and of the 34 outstanding zoologists who have been awarded the Society’s highest honour, the Gold Medal. The office bearers of the ZSSA Council from its inception to the present are...