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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

Hoodia gordonii (Masson) Sweet ex Decne.

Hoodia gordonii is an erect, leafless, spiny succulent with several greyish-green stems. The stems are covered with short, single, spines with bulbous, partly fused bases. Under ideal conditions the neat-looking plant can attain a height of up to 1 metre. Mature plants can have as many as 50 individual branched stems and weigh as much as 30 kg. Flowers are borne on or near the terminal apex. The flowers are large and have a carrion-like smell. Flowers, usually pale pinkish brown, may vary in colour from pale straw to dark maroon. Flowers can reach a diameter of 50 - 100 mm. The seed capsules resemble small antelope or goat horns hence the Afrikaans common name of bokhorings.

References:

1 Hoodia gordonii (Masson) Sweet ex Decne. (2005). South African National Biodiversity Institute.

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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