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The National Indigenous Knowledge Management System

The National IK Registration System formerly known as the National Recordal System and the National IK Management System (NIKMAS), represents an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) platform for the management of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) as governed by the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Act No 6 of 2019. The IK Registration System is the technology platform that is connected to IKS Documentation Centres that support communities to record their indigenous knowledge. The IK information accessed and published through the national IK Registration System has ownership vested in communities. Accessing these through the IK Registration System requires permission and authorisation. Click here for more information

Future systems that will be available via the NIKSO Portal include the IK Register of Designations.

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*IKSDC - Indigenous Knowledge Systems Documentation Centre

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NIKMAS Fast Facts

Operations provided by NIKMAS are as follows:


Explore indigenous knowledge (IK)
  • African Traditional Medicine
  • Food Security


Pharmacopoeia

The Pharmacopoeia is a prior art database which holds information on the use, quality, efficacy and safety of traditional African medicines in South Africa. The database draws on published resources on plants, its botanical distribution and its uses for medicinal purposes, which are digitised to provide information, cross-referencing and research outputs for use by researchers, community members, traditional healers and a wide range of global users. This database is not intended for medical or health advice and may not be used as a substitute for professional consultation from experts. Click here for more information

Featured Plant

Ziziphus mucronata Willd.

Ziziphus mucronata is a small to medium-sized shrubby tree, usually, about 5 metres high but may reach grow to 10 metres or more, with a wide spreading crown and sweeping branches. The main stem is green and hairy when young. The rough, fissured bark is greyish or reddish brown. The bark is cracked into small rectangular blocks to reveal ared and stringy under-surface. Young stems are reddish brown. Sharp thorns are present in pairs on the twigs - the one straight, the other hooked. The ovate leaves are bright green, shiny and toothed above, slightly hairy and paler below with three main veins arising from the base. Veins are covered with fine hairs when young. The inconspicuous small yellowish green flowers are sweet smelling and borne in clusters above each leaf. Flowers develop into reddish-brown, edible berries of about 10 millimetres in diameter. The roundish berry has a hard, central, usually solitary stone surrounded by a meal-like pulp.

References:

1 Roberts, M. (1990). Indigenous healing plants. Southern Book Publishers, South Africa.

2 Van Wyk, B-E. and Gericke, N. (2007). People’s plants: a guide to useful plants of southern Africa. Briza, Pretoria.

Operations provided by Pharmacopoeia are as follows:


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