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Will the wine industry’s Pastor Lukau please stand up?

Heinrich Bothman -
Funny, isn’t it, how one of my all-time favourite films, Pulp Fiction, has so much in common with wine. Gen Z might never have...
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Send us, Mr Ramaphosa, a new generation of farmers

Staff Reporter -
A 17-year-old aspiring farmer from Tzaneen in Limpopo has heeded Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s “Thuma Mina” call, pledging his support to build a better South...
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Opportunities abound for black winemakers, but what about ownership?

Heinrich Bothman -
With the South African economy still in a tight spot, perhaps the best opportunity lies in being a disruptive winemaker with a vengeance for...
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Here’s why you really should be nuts about almonds

Andrea Du Plessis -
The “health nuts” amongst us seem to be going nuts about almonds. Seriously. A nut such as an almond really is a life-source. It provides...
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These days they call me the wine ‘farm’acist

Heinrich Bothman -
The name is Bothman. Heinrich Bothman. It’s corny, right, but I’ve always dreamed about using this line since I first got introduced to the...
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To be a young black farmer in Mzansi

Mnqobi Ngubane -
A new sense of urgency has entered South Africa’s land reform process after the country’s parliament took a resolution to amend the constitution to effect land...
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Agri SA supports the Land Bank’s request for an R18-billion equity injection. Photo: Supplied
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Treasury’s support to Land Bank is a food imperative, says Agri...

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Following the earlier warning by Futuregrowth that all South Africans should hope that the Land Bank will be rescued from its financial woes, Agri...
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Didiza: ‘Break barriers and see each other as human beings’

Duncan Masiwa -
Instead of taking up arms the agricultural sector should sit down and resolve its problems, urged Thoko Didiza, the minister of agriculture, land reform...
Who needs Superman and Spider-Man when you can spend your eight birthday party on your grandfather’s farm? Meet little Kutlo Mongale and his cousins, the future farmers behind the trending photoshoot. The eight-year-old future farmer Kutlo Mongale (on the far right) and his mother, Ipeleng Mongale (middle) celebrated their birthday's on a farm with friends and family. Samkelo Bangiwe, Kutlo's cousin (on the far left) spend the day with him. Photo’s: Olebogeng Moshoeu
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Step aside, Spider-Man. Kutlo wants a farm-themed party!

Duncan Masiwa -
Yes, farming is a tough and often dirty and sweaty. But that’s clearly not stopping young Kutlo Mongale and his cousins from having fun....
Sinelizwi Fakade gives his unique perspective on why current agricultural systems in place continue hinder new farmers. Photos: Supplied.
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Why does our hit rate in black farmer commercialisation still suck?

Duncan Masiwa -
Sinelizwi Fakade has seen both sides of the efforts by the state and the commercial farming sector to develop smallholder farmers into small-scale commercial...
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Liewe Lulu: Do I marry out of duty?

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Lone Wolf, from Hertzogville in the Free State writes… I am 29, single, straight, run a 200-hectare cattle operation and I am honestly fulfilled by...

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