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Food is as relative as you can imagine

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Renowned journalist and author Harald Pakendorf has always marched to the beat of his own drum. Pakendorf says while South Africans may be different...
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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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Former paratrooper is now an ethical food warrior

Editors Choice 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...

‘Hunger to succeed’ lands 21yo wine enthusiast a rare opportunity

Editors Choice Duncan Masiwa -
The moment when a 21-year-old describes wine as “bottled poetry”, you immediately know that it’s their passion talking. It is this exact passion that...

PODCAST: Aquaponics pioneer farms in the heart of Tembisa

Editors Choice Noluthando Ngcakani -
An Aquaponics farm in the middle of eKasi may be a concept that is unconventional to many. But, nonetheless, one such farm does exist...

Hustling granny produces sweet township rosé

Editors Choice Duncan Masiwa -
There is more to South African townships than meets the eye. Despite the countless pitfalls of township life, there are magnificent things happening every...

LIFESTYLE

Lifestyle

Change your first-date game with the perfect picnic

Staff Reporter -
With the advent of “Netflix and chill” and Tinder hookups, old-school first dates have become a thing of the past. It has become corny...
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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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RECIPE: Jabulile’s creamy chicken livers

Easy Recipes 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...

‘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...

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...

How to do a plant-based braai

Food & Health Siyabonga Mngoma -
Whether it’s for health and wellbeing, caring for animals or the climate crisis, plant-based eating is gaining momentum and popping up everywhere – even...

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

Dinner Recipes

RECIPE: Coffee Braised Beef Shin

Chantélle Hartebeest -
Like many other active and growing boys, Keanon Michaels had a big appetite growing up. This egged him on to cook his first egg fried...
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Chef Liziwe Matloha shares her recipe for success

Celebrity Chef Chantélle Hartebeest -
Chef Liziwe Matloha’s desire to be the best in everything she does is her recipe for success. This drive has served her well, leading...

RECIPE: Koketso Khule’s Samp and Beans

Dinner Recipes Staff Reporter -
Geography educator and cook Koketso Khule uses VAT-Free items almost daily in his cooking. As a student he regularly used VAT-exempt products as they...

MZANSI FLAVOUR

Catering Company

Leigh-Ann Modise’s culinary career starts off at a gallop

Chantélle Hartebeest -
Fresh out of college and at just 22, Leigh-Ann Modise is already making waves in the culinary world. Besides cooking for a number of...
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Cooking was part of God’s plan

Catering Company Chantélle Hartebeest -
Karabo Phiri had a business science degree in hand with plans of becoming an economist, but her love for food and obsession with Asian...

Only a farm girl can cook meatballs like Chef Naledi

Mzansi Flavour Chantélle Hartebeest -
Naledi Toona, better known as Chef Naledi, has set the bar high with everything she does. She is not only an entrepreneur, but also...

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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 a 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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Movers and Shakers

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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Liewe Lulu

Liewe Lulu: I’m ready for love, but…

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...
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News

SONA 2020: State land to be released for farming this year

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Government will be releasing about 700 000 hectares of state land for agricultural production this year, announced pres. Cyril Ramaphosa in his fourth State...
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Food & Health

Valentine’s Day: putting sexy back on your plate – at home!

Immaculate Zinde -
While Valentine’s Day may get your heart racing, February also happens to be Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Month. Creating a Valentines experience at home that shows...
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It Takes a Village

Childcare workers feed thousands in Mzansi communities

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Children have a right to be children – to play and to dream. They have the right to exist freely. So says Pat Maqina, a technical advisor and senior mentor...
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Farmer's Inside Track

WATCH: Faith is a survival skill for a farmer

Duncan Masiwa -
For a female farmer, making her mark in the agri-sector has never been an easy task. Eugene Simons, founder of Algina’s Wholesale Nursery, knows...
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Lifestyle

Change your first-date game with the perfect picnic

Staff Reporter -
With the advent of “Netflix and chill” and Tinder hookups, old-school first dates have become a thing of the past. It has become corny...
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Farmer's Inside Track

PODCAST: Soldier turned ethical farmer talks happy chickens

Staff Reporter -
Farming never crossed Robert Patson’s mind growing up. Patson, who was born and raised in Northpine in the Western Cape, says most people he...
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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

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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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