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From selling fish and chips to running two farming enterprises

Duncan Masiwa -
When 24-year-old Njabulo Mbokane did her final year at Carolina Academic school in 2013, she had no idea what career path she would follow....
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Editors Choice

Former paratrooper is now an ethical food warrior

Chantélle Hartebeest -
It’s safe to say that young farmer Robert Patson is a bit of an adventure junkie. As a boy growing up in North Pine in Cape Town he was always on a quest. However, Patson’s journey...
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Forestry farmer makes his first million by 27

Editors Choice Dawn Noemdoe -
Forestry farmer Musawenkosi Kubheka believes newcomers in the agricultural industry can survive and even thrive in forestry in Mzansi. The 29-year-old farmer from Newcastle,...

25-year-old farmer says there can be success after failing matric

Editors Choice Duncan Masiwa -
Ask any teenager and they’ll tell you: failing your matric exams could easily be perceived as the worst thing to ever happen. But for...

Farmer’s love for soil led him back to the promised land

Changemakers Chantélle Hartebeest -
As a budding scientist, a young Morgan Brand could never imagine that one day he would end up back on his father’s farm as,...

LIFESTYLE

Lifestyle

Back to school lunchbox ideas from a working mom

Philile Mdletshe -
Not only does Philile Mdletshe balance life as a medical doctor, wife, and a kickass mom that prepares lip-smacking meals for her family, she...
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Dessert Recipes

RECIPE: Malva Pudding

Chantélle Hartebeest -
Chef and food stylist Sebastian Newman has worked on numerous popular television shows, including Expresso and Top Billing. The sweet-toothed 23-year-old regularly features a...
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Good news: chocolate can be great for your health

Food & Health Andrea Du Plessis -
Everyone loves chocolate, or at least knows someone who adores it. For many years we were told to avoid chocolate for a number of...

Liewe Lulu: I’m ready for love, but…

Liewe Lulu Noluthando Ngcakani -
Unlucky In Love (26) from Bothaville, Free State writes... To say the least, my luck with the ladies has been bad. In the past everything...

RECIPE: The Healthy Big South African Breakfast

Breakfast Recipes Chantélle Hartebeest -
Ulla Pakendorf-Loubser, who is also a health coach, took us all the way to the farm with a healthy South African farmstyle breakfast of...

Sugar: The Bittersweet Story

Food & Health Siyabonga Mngoma -
For the past 10 years, the debate about the health hazards of sugar has been raging locally and globally. This comes as no surprise...

CHANGEMAKERS

Inspiration

Limitations only make this economist more determined to succeed

Noluthando Ngcakani -
For generations, black women in Mzansi have been rocks during times of adversity, often paving the way for others to follow in their footsteps. This is what inspired Grain SA junior agricultural economist Ikageng Maluleke to actively seek out her place in a predominantly male dominated industry.   The 30-year-old says growing...
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Agri Careers: Meet an agricultural engineer

Movers and Shakers Duncan Masiwa -

Farmer lives out his 27-year-old dream

Inspiration Noluthando Ngcakani -

‘Miss Gates’ is making beauty products specially for women of colour

Agripreneur Noluthando Ngcakani -

‘Quantity, quality and common sense,” is this farmer’s success mantra

Farming Mentors Duncan Masiwa -

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MZANSI RECIPES

Easy Recipes

RECIPE: Jabulile’s creamy chicken livers

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Poultry meat is undeniably one of the most cherished meats around the world. From head to toe people not only enjoy the outer, meaty bits...
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RECIPE: Chef Cebo’s saucy amawotwana

Recipes Noluthando Ngcakani -
It doesn't matter whether you call it walkie talkies, amawotwana or maotwana a koko. Chicken feet is a traditional township delicacy. Many local and...

RECIPE: Braised oxtail and garlic mash will have you asking for more

Recipes Noluthando Ngcakani -
The fragrant smell of herbed, braised red meat on a Sunday afternoon gives your home a warm, comforting feeling. Oxtail is a cut of...

MZANSI FLAVOUR

Mzansi Flavour

Jabulile Dube unwinds in the kitchen

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Cooking is meditation with the promise of a good meal afterwards, believes Jabulile Dube, a financial advisor turned food blogger and caterer living in...
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‘Hot sauce pioneer’ makes culinary magic

Mzansi Flavour Noluthando Ngcakani -
Borders and limitations do not exist for Kwa-Zulu Natal-born chef Nomcebo Ndlela. In her eight years as a professional chef, the 27-year-old has made...

Government learnership empowers young chef

Mzansi Flavour Noluthando Ngcakani -
While many fret and wrack their brains about what to do after obtaining their matric certificates, taking the road less travelled helped 22-year-old Patience...

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Movers and Shakers

Farmer attributes his career to God, favour and discipline

Duncan Masiwa -
Growing up in the town of Saron in the Western Cape, surrounded by agriculture, Warren Bam always intended on joining Mzansi’s agri-industry. But it...
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Liewe Lulu

Liewe Lulu: Is my man a leech?

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Piggy Bank (35) from Malmesbury in the Western Cape writes… Working as a chicken farmer, I already have so much on my plate. Day to day...
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Celebrity Chef

Jozi chef is living out his wildest food dreams

Noluthando Ngcakani -
“Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey ate my chakalaka!”  Umjita wa se Kasi (Kasi boy) turned gourmet chef, Katlego Sebastian Mlambo still has to pinch himself when he recalls serving former US president Barack Obama and legendary American talk show host and television producer - Oprah Winfrey an...
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African Food

RECIPE: Chakalaka, as enjoyed by Barack Obama

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Marabi Club  head Chef Katlego Mlambo  recalls  one of the most memorable highlights  of his 10-year career  as the day Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey and...
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News

WATCH: Don’t focus on race, but rather on producing quality

Duncan Masiwa -
The pressure that Mzansi's farmers and agripreneurs have to endure to put food on our tables is immense. And in this week’s Farmer’s Inside...
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News

PODCAST: Urban rooftop farmer is turning Hillbrow green

Noluthando Ngcakani -
We’re gearing up for Season 2 of the Farmer's Inside Track podcast, so we’re taking a little break. While we’re finishing off the brand-new...
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News

BREAKING: AGDA to channel R25 billion investment into SA agriculture

Ivor Price -
The Agriculture Development Agency (AGDA), which was officially launched moments ago, is set to change the face of South African agriculture through investments worth...
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Movers and Shakers

Young farmer’s passion helps him weather the storm

Noluthando Ngcakani -
The inspiring example of his subsistence farmer father and a leg up from a mentor was all this 32-year-old KwaZulu-Natal farmer needed. That, and his own passionate drive and hunger to succeed in...
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News

SONA 2020: Agriculture leaders welcome ‘greater realism’

Staff Reporter -
Agricultural pundits responded fairly positively to pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation address (SONA), welcoming many of the announcements and clarifications he provided...
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Editors Choice

Master brewer sees a fizzing future for African beer

Duncan Masiwa -
The craft brewing industry boasts many passionate women who are shining in this male-dominated industry across Mzansi. But there is one jewel in the...
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He’s only 19, but already a successful livestock farmer

Commercial Farmer Magnificent Mndebele -
“Farming is in me, it runs in my blood and my veins. I am a farmer by birth,” confidently declares Thabo Dithakgwe (19), one...
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Motsepe announces multi-billion rand fund for black farmers

News Staff Reporter -
Billionaire businessman Dr Patrice Motsepe says there are high-level discussions with, amongst others, the Motsepe Foundation and banks to launch a multi-billion rand fund...
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How a Free State farmer brought his dying land back from the brink

Agri-innovation Dawn Noemdoe -
Danie Slabbert (39) might look like a typical farmer, but his forbearers are probably turning in their graves questioning his unconventional farming methods. This...
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‘Let us all grow big,’ says Jozi’s first Nigerian farmer

African Food Magnificent Mndebele -
Edward Wisdom (48) is originally from the southeast of Nigeria. Since coming to South Africa in 1994 he has carved out a niche for...
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