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Rooiproppie and papsak: Can minimum pricing curb alcohol misuse?

Sinesipho Tom -
Wine industry body Vinpro is in deliberations with the wine industry and the government to find the best possible solutions to address the problems...
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Sugarcane leader: ‘Nothing happens without a woman’

Staff Reporter -
As a child, Rejoice Ncwane was already well versed in the skills of sugarcane farming. While she may have once entertained the idea of...
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‘Fix broken food system to address child stunting in SA’

Editors Choice Sinesipho Tom -
Food For Mzansi’s Sinesipho Tom chats to Dr Marc Wegerif, a lecturer in development studies at the University of Pretoria. He has done extensive...

From NSFAS to two agri-businesses and an upcoming PhD

Editors Choice Duncan Masiwa -
Tumisang Ben Matshogo is a North West farmer who has always had his eyes forward and his mind focussed and ready to take on...

‘Being black, young, female and the boss requires a thick skin’

Editors Choice Duncan Masiwa -
Amidst the fresh dairy air and cow dung of a mega Eastern Cape dairy farm, you will find Sinokuphile Kekezwa dreaming that one day...

Farming on Mars – where would we even start?

Editors Choice Naudé Malan -
Humanity is moving to space. SpaceX has loudly and clearly expressed its intentions to colonise Mars, and this immediately begs the question: What are...

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COVID-19

Restaurateur: ‘I see the panic on my workers’ faces’

Duncan Masiwa -
While president Cyril Ramaphosa has again, last night, extended an olive branch to restaurants in the latest Covid-19 restrictions, restaurateurs remain anxious about their...
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COVID-19

Liquor industry ‘unfairly labelled as covid-19 problem child’

Noluthando Ngcakani -
The alcohol industry is foaming at the mouth over government’s decision to, once again, ban liquor sales in a bid to curb the covid-19...
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AFASA pleads with farmers to honour covid-19 regulations

COVID-19 Staff Reporter -
The African Farmers’ Association of South Africa says it felt pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s “frustration and deep pain” when he announced stringent new measures amid...

Agri SA: ‘Don’t embarrass us with animal vaccine conspiracies’

COVID-19 Ivor Price -
South Africa’s leading farmers’ organisation, Agri SA, has called on the nation to unite behind the thousands of exhausted healthcare workers who are still...

Farmers warned: ‘Ivermectin will kill you before covid-19 does’

COVID-19 Staff Reporter -
An over-the-counter horse dewormer that is being portrayed on farmers’ groups as a miracle cure for covid-19 is not only prohibited for use in...

Covid-19: Can you lose your job if you party without a mask?

COVID-19 Sinesipho Tom -
So, we all have a colleague who’s living their best lives despite the covid-19 restrictions and repeated calls to be more cautious amid the...

LIFESTYLE

Celebrity Chef

Chef Liziwe Matloha shares her recipe for success

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...
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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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From waiter to celebrity chef

Celebrity Chef Chantélle Hartebeest -
Pete Goffe-Wood, widely known as Mzansi’s Kitchen Cowboy, started his brilliantly crafted career as a waiter 33 years ago and never looked back. Today the...

Farming chef is inspired by African food

Mzansi Flavour Noluthando Ngcakani -
From the day a vegetable or herb is planted in the earth until the day it is picked, packaged and shipped off, Saveria Nkalashe wants to be fully involved in every step...

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...

Heart-healthy foods that everyone can afford

Food & Health Andrea Du Plessis -
Heart Awareness Month is the perfect time to look at some proactive ways of supporting heart health through our diets. Heart disease still is...

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RECIPE: Beef and cabbage stew the Thandi way

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Get ahead of the January blues with a succulent budget friendly beef and cabbage stew shared by home cook, Thandi Boshomane (33). Beef and cabbage...
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Vegan curry that even meat lovers will enjoy. Promise!

Recipes Dané Vermeulen -
It's Vegan Monday! Meat lover Dané Vermeulen adopted a plant-based diet and she's glowing. This was no easy decision, but a sky-high blood pressure...

RECIPE: Crispy pork with cheesy jaffles and pickled red onions

Recipes Noluthando Ngcakani -
While research states that jaffles originated in Australia, the chef and deputy editor of Pick n Pay Fresh Living magazine, Chad January, begs to...

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Wanna side hustle as a food entrepreneur? Start here!

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Stepping out as a food entrepreneur is risky business. Just ask home cook and Instagram foodie Thandi Boshomane, who is also full-time nurse facing...
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‘Food should hug you from inside’

Mzansi Flavour Noluthando Ngcakani -
Life for a culinary professional does not begin and end in the professional kitchen, Cape Town-born chef Chad January believes. Mastering the culinary arts...

Have a merry, covid Christmas with tips from Mzansi’s foodies

Mzansi Flavour Noluthando Ngcakani -
Is it just us or is it a little difficult to get into the swing of the holidays this year? We are amid the second...

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Food for Thought

‘Earth is crushed by the weight of humanity’

Naudé Malan -
Climate change is directly proportional to how many things we humans consume, says Dr Naudé Malan. Right now, every manufactured thing you've ever owned in...
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COVID-19

Covid-19: Flower industry ‘drowning in funeral requests’

Noluthando Ngcakani -
South Africa might be home to one of Earth's richest flower kingdoms, but as Covid-19's second wave washes over the country, its pressurised flower...
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She kept the piggery, but her ex found bae

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Fighting chance in Queensburgh, KwaZulu-Natal writes… Liewe Lulu Do I miss him or am I just feeling sorry for myself? I was in a relationship for two...
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Lifestyle

Let’s get back to eating some traditional veggies

Siyabonga Mngoma -
South Africa has a diverse range of indigenous food crops which are not only a rich source of nutrition, but also good for preventing...
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News

Game-changer: Global brand gains Case IH dealer network

Staff Reporter -
South African farmers are set to benefit from the recent acquisition of local distributor Northmec by the brand’s parent company, CNH Industrial. The global...
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News

3 things happening in agri today, 15 January 2021

Dona Van Eeden -
Celebrate another day of learning during a global conference on soil, plant and water science or find your perfect agri career on Food for Mzansi’s AgriCareers. And, why not do it all with...
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Karaan: ‘Best minister of agriculture we never had’

Dona Van Eeden -
The minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, Thoko Didiza, has paid respects to the agricultural economist Prof. Abdus Salam Mohammad Karaan, who...
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News

UPDATE: 3 hectares of vines damaged in wine farm blaze

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Three hectares of vineyards have been damaged in a wildfire that raged on the historic Neethlingshof wine estate near Stellenbosch in the Western Cape...
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News

Choose life before economic growth, urges wine producer

Duncan Masiwa -
While many South Africans are fuming over the extended alcohol sales ban, at least one wine producer is toasting to government’s approach, stating that she...
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Mzansi Flavour

Wanna side hustle as a food entrepreneur? Start here!

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Stepping out as a food entrepreneur is risky business. Just ask home cook and Instagram foodie Thandi Boshomane, who is also full-time nurse facing...
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Ramaphosa makes dramatic U-turn on wine sales

News Staff Reporter -
Cyril Ramaphosa, please keep your word. This is the plea of wine lovers who are questioning why wine tastings and sales at wineries are...
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Here’s the official lockdown permit for essential services

News Staff Reporter -
This article contains a link to the official permit farmers and their workers will have to carry with them during the 21-day Covid-19 lockdown...
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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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Government ‘kicks 80-year-old farmer in the teeth’

News Noluthando Ngcakani -
For 80-year-old farmer David Rakgase government’s decision to include his farm on a widely publicised list of 896 state farms that are up for...
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