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Sweetie, do you know where your honey comes from?

Zosuliwe Kala -
Honey-lovers, did you know that we don’t have a traceability system that helps ensure the quality of what you buy? South Africans consume much...
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Community Food Gardens

Woman-led farming enterprise seeks to revive indigenous vegetable markets in Mzansi

Duncan Masiwa -
There’s a growing interest to revive the status of indigenous food crops in Mzansi and a group of urban, black, female farmers are determined...
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Columns

China through my eyes (我眼中的中国)

Ikageng Maluleke -
Agricultural economist Ikageng Maluleka spent three weeks in China earlier this year on a study trip, getting the opportunity to immerse herself in the...
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Agri Politics

Expropriation bill opened for comment over December holiday

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Feeling run down after a long year? We get it, but before you take a break, it’s really important to make your voice heard...
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It Takes a Village

Women’s farming cooperative opens doors for others

Duncan Masiwa -
For years, the founding mothers of the Bafazi Phambili Women’s Cooperative were used to living life on the breadline, reliant on government grants. That...
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Between the Headlines

New Foot and Mouth outbreak a blow to South Africa

Lucius Phaleng -
Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is a highly contagious viral disease that affects livestock. Animals affected are unable to walk or eat, and they’re...
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Community Food Gardens

Community garden feeds 400 orphaned and vulnerable children daily

Duncan Masiwa -
In the Mpumalanga province lies the rural communities of Huntington, Lilydale and Justicia. There, a woman with a heart of gold is ensuring that...
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Community Food Gardens

Parys women rise up to feed Mzansi

Noluthando Ngcakani -
In the township of Tumahole in Parys, four women have made it their mission to provide their community with affordable and easily accessible, healthy...
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Between the Headlines

Mr Price commits R30 mil. more to small-scale farmers at historic Cotton SA indaba

Staff Reporter -
Clothing retailer Mr Price Group moments ago announced that they will be spending an additional R30 million on the development and support of small-scale...
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Food for Thought

Springbok hero worship ‘leads to a revision of our history’

Staff Reporter -
My father, the late prof. Jakes Gerwel, was one of ten children of John and Sarah Gerwel, farmworkers and sharecroppers in what is now...
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Farmer attributes his career to God, favour and discipline

Movers and Shakers 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...

Liewe Lulu: Is my man a leech?

Liewe Lulu 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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