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Walking the ancient livestock paths of Namaqualand

Clement Cupido -
The Kamiesberg Upland in Namaqualand is a place of cultural and botanical richness. In the Leliefontein communal area of this region one still finds...
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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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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...

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,...

From selling fish and chips to running two farming enterprises

Editors Choice 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....

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

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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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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Jabulile Dube unwinds in the kitchen

Mzansi Flavour 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...

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...

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

Breakfast Recipes

RECIPE: The Healthy Big South African Breakfast

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...
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Traditional food ‘has a story to tell’

Chef School Chantélle Hartebeest -
Chef Farzana Alvarado believes that every traditional dish has a rich history with a story to tell “about its origin, how it’s prepared and...

RECIPE: Local maize favourites Umdoko, Umqa and Maize Spiral Chips

African Food Magda Du Toit -
The people of Mzansi are known for their love of corn or mealies. It’s a staple food in most households that give us our...

MZANSI FLAVOUR

Food & Health

A dietician’s food guide to clean, healthy eating

Andrea Du Plessis -
Functional flavour. Clean eating. Raw foods. Juicing. You've heard of these trends in healthy eating, but what do they mean? Food For Mzansi’s resident...
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Author and chef plans on taking her cooking classes across the globe

Celebrity Chef Chantélle Hartebeest -
Chef Zanele Van Zyl (39) is a well-known influencer in the South African culinary world. Coming from an impoverished background, van Zyl rose above...

Chef Nonto ready to sharpen her knife in the culinary industry

African Food Chantélle Hartebeest -
Some chefs dream of having their own restaurant, but Nontokozo Mkhonto has other plans, such as selling her own personalised cutlery range called Chef...

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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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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

Staff Reporter -
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

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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