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The Geological Society Newsletter is published three times a year and is available either by e-mail or by postage to all paid up members of the Society. Please feel free to request back copies (for a fee) or send comments to our Newsletter Editor. Contributions to the newsletter on any topic related to geology are always welcome

Passing of Professor Keith Viewing

We regret to announce that one of our Honorary Members,  Professor Keith Viewing,  passed away on Saturday 3rd September. He had cancer of the pleura. We understand that Keith was suffering and this is a relief for him
 
The funeral service will be held on Thursday 8th September at 15h00.
The parish of Sacrofano, :
Parrocchia SS Giovanni Battista e Biagio
Piazza S.

Macgregor Memorial Lecture 2016 - Martin Prendergast

On Friday 5th August 2016,  Martin Prendergast delivered the 2016 Macgregor Memoral Lecture to 40  people including members of the Society and the public. The event was held in the Geology Department lecture hall at the University of Zimbabwe.  

The talk was titlted Nickel laterite deposits of the northern part of the Great Dyke: Geomorphology, regolith stratigraphy, geochemistry, mineralogy, distribution and genesis.   

The presentation can be downloaded below.

 

Passing of Prof. Jim Wilson

Dear friends and colleagues of Jim Wilson,
 
 Our loving father, and friend to all he met has passed away peacefully in his sleep at 4:20 this morning, Monday 2nd May at Stoke Mandeville hospital. He suffered serious bleeding around the brain and never regained consciousness. He was in no pain. Jim lived a great life and touched many with his passion and optimism. He was one week short of his 85th birthday.
We will be making the necessary arrangements for his funeral and will update you as soon as possible.

AGM 2016

The Annual General Meeting of the Geological Society of Zimbabwe was held at The Country Club, Brompton Road, Highlands, Harare on the 26th February 2016 and attended by40 members and guests. The following agenda was covered and the presentations have been uploaded to this page.AGENDA

1.       CONVENING OF THE MEETING

2.      OBITUARIES

3.      APOLOGIES

4.       MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING

                4.1   Consideration and approval of the minutes

                4.2   Matters arising not covered  elsewhere in the agenda

Review of the Karoo Supergroup in the Zambezi Valley - Brent Barber

On the 11th December 2015 Brent Barber presented his Review of the Karoo Supergroup in the Zambezi Valley -  this can be downloaded below.

The talk was well recived by approxmiately 30 members and followed by lively discussion.  

The Mennell Society organised a Christmas Braai after the talk.

Passing of Dr Fatima Ferraz

We have had sad news that Dr Fatima Ferraz passed away last Friday night in hospital in Johannesburg after 6 weeks in ICU, following complications that set in after a major 11 hour emergency heart operation. It has come as a great shock to all who knew her. She was instrumental in setting up the Environment and Remote Sensing Institute in Harare together with Peter Zeil of GTZ, and she was well-known in Remote Sensing and GIS circles.

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