Past Reports

Summary Fungal spore levels remain high in Kimberley and Durban, with spikes of allergenic spores present. Grass counts were moderate in Pretoria, Kimberley and likely Bloemfontein (no new data), but...

Summary Grass levels have decreased across the country, as moderate counts were only seen in Kimberley and Bloemfontein during this sampling period. Tree pollen was moderate in Cape Town and...

Summary Grass levels remain significant in the summer rainfall areas, with very high counts recorded in Kimberley. Tree pollen counts approached significance in Cape Town and the weed pollen in...

Summary Durban had very high fungal spore counts. Grass pollen counts have decreased across the country, but moderate levels are still present in the summer rainfall areas. Weed and tree...

Summary Grass levels continue to be significant in the summer rainfall cities of Johannesburg, Pretoria and Kimberley. Tree pollen remained low across the country and weed counts approached significance only...

Summary A new monitoring site was added to the South African Pollen Monitoring Network: Calvinia in the Northern Cape. Grass and fungal spore counts were high in the summer rainfall...

Summary Grass levels continue to be at significant in the summer rainfall areas of South Africa and are currently the highest in Kimberley, Pretoria and Bloemfontein. Very little tree pollen...

Summary High grass pollen levels continue in the summer rainfall areas of South Africa, with very high counts seen in Kimberley. Tree counts increased in Pretoria due to a peak...

Summary Significant grass pollen levels were recorded in the summer rainfall regions of South Africa, with Kimberley showing the highest overall counts. Pollen from in the trees and weeds categories...

Summary Grass pollen counts were moderate to high at some summer rainfall sampling sites, with other pollen types in the trees and weeds categories remaining low to moderate across the...

Summary Pollen in the atmosphere is sparse at most sites. Grass pollen is increasing in summer rainfall areas and significant levels have been recorded in Bloemfontein. Tree pollen was not...

Summary  Pollen analysis was carried out in Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Johannesburg. Estimated values are given for the other sites where access is restricted due to covid or holiday schedules....

 Summary Covid isolation and closed buildings over the holiday season have prevented access to some pollen monitoring sites and archived data has been used for the affected sites. Pollen in...

Summary Significant tree and weed pollen counts were seen in Cape Town and Durban. High fungal spore loads were also seen in Durban, and a peak in the allergenic fungal...

Summary Cape Town and Durban had high pollen counts, both due to peaks in the weed pollen category. Bulrush is flowering across South Africa and delivered significant counts in Cape...

Summary Three sites showed significant pollen counts in two or more pollen categories. Cape Town had high weed levels due to an increase in plantain and bulrush pollen, and moderate...

Summary Cape Town had moderate grass and tree counts, and moderate grass and weed counts were seen in Kimberley. Pretoria and Gqeberha both had low pollen counts, with Pretoria showing...

Summary Overall pollen and fungal spore counts were low for most sites across South Africa. An increase in grass pollen was observed in Kimberley and tree counts were significant in...

Summary Pollen levels were low across the country, except in Bloemfontein where moderate tree counts were seen. Fungal spore counts were also low throughout South Africa, but moderate in Durban...

Summary The rain that has fallen over many parts of South Africa recently has reduced pollen counts and spurred mould growth. Moulds often increase in spring and autumn especially after...

Summary Tree pollen decreased in all cities except Pretoria where a spike for the allergenic mesquite tree (Prosopis sp.) was detected.  Grass levels were moderate in Cape Town, but low...

Summary High grass counts were seen in Cape Town, with low counts still observed in the summer rainfall areas. Tree pollen showed a significant increase in Johannesburg but decreased in...