Qualified Trackers

In Memory of the Elder Master Trackers

The Master Tracker certificate was created in honour of the memory of the elder generation of traditional hunter-gatherers of the Kalahari. Some of the best Master Trackers, some of whom are no longer alive, included the late !Nam!kabe Molote of Lone Tree, Botswana, !Namka and /Xantsue of Bere, Botswana, /Dzau /Dzaku and Xa//nau of Groot Laagte, Botswana, Bahbah, Jehjeh and Hewha, Ngwatle Pan, Botswana, Tso!oma, Ganamasi and Mutsabapu of Old Xade, Central Kalahari, Botswana, !Nani //Kxao, Ghau ≠Oma and Tsisaba Debe of the Nyae Nyae Conservancy, Namibia.

A distinction is made between the Traditional Master Tracker and the Master Tracker. The Traditional Master Tracker was or still is a traditional hunter, using the persistence hunting method and/or the traditional poison bow-and-arrow. The Master Tracker practise tracking in a modern context. Master Trackers have been evaluated by Louis Liebenberg.

Traditional Master Trackers

!Nate Brahman, Lone Tree, Botswana

Horekhwe (Karoha) Langwane, Lone Tree, Botswana

Quashe (/Uase) Xhukwe, Lone Tree, Botswana

Nxjouklau Kashe, Bere, Botswana

/Ui /Ukxa, Nyae Nyae Conservancy, Namibia

Dabe Dahm, Nyae Nyae Conservancy, Namibia

/Kun //Xari, Nyae Nyae Conservancy, Namibia

Master Trackers

The late Karel Kleinman (Vet Piet), Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, South Africa

The late Dawid Bester, West Coast National Park, South Africa

Wilson Masia, Thornybush Nature Reserve, South Africa

Karel Benadie (Pokkie), Karoo National Park, South Africa

James Minye (JJ), Table Mountain National Park, South Africa

CyberTracker Evaluation Standards Committee

The Evaluation Standards were developed by Louis Liebenberg and the CyberTracker Evaluation Standards Committee. The Evaluation Standards Committee consists of Louis Liebenberg, Wilson Masia, Juan Pinto, Adriaan Louw and Mark Elbroch.

Initial Evaluators

Louis Liebenberg (Southern Africa)

Mark Elbroch (USA)

External Evaluators

Louis Liebenberg

Adriaan Louw

Mark Elbroch

Senior Tracker Evaluators

Juan Pinto (South Africa)

Alex van den Heever (South Africa)

Renias Mhlongo (South Africa)

Colin Patrick (South Africa)

Alan Yeowart (South Africa)

Lee Gutteridge (South Africa)

Track & Sign Specialist Evaluators

Johan Fourie (South Africa)

Mark Stavrakis (South Africa)

Casey McFarland (USA)

Jonah Evans (USA)

George Leoniak (USA)

Trailing Specialist Evaluators

Brian McConnell (USA)

Assistant Evaluators

Friedrich Alpers (Namibia)

Rudi Jansen van Vuuren (South Africa)

Kudu Certificate Initial Evaluators

Jose Galan (Spain)