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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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Columns

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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Columns

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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Columns

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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AgriSETA Learner Connect: Meet a fish farmer

Staff Reporter -
Leslie Ter Morshuizen (52) has always been passionate about fish. In fact, he was breeding goldfish and tilapia as a young boy on their...
Pictured from left are Dr Boitshoko Ntshabele, new interim chairperson of Onderstepoort Biological Products and Dr Manishree Jugmohan-Naidu, new Onderstepoort Biological Products board member. Photo: Supplied.
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Didiza appoints interim board for troubled state veterinary company

Duncan Masiwa -
The minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, Thoko Didiza, has appointed a new interim board for Onderstepoort Biological Products (OBP) and ordered...
Qhayiya Mhlahlo has aspirations of becoming a journalist after attending the workshop.
News

Hurry up, journalism programme for aspiring writers still open

Duncan Masiwa -
Do you live in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal or the Western Cape? Then there might still be a spot for you to join an...
Mzansi Flavour

Covid-19 ‘put black female representation in restaurants on the back burner’

Noluthando Ngcakani -
In a world where professional kitchens have long been dominated by white males, Dr Anna Trapido believes that it is about high time that...
Recipes

RECIPE: Sorghum flapjacks

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Food anthropologist, author, chef and commentator Dr Anna Trapido is not a fan of quinoa, as widely touted as it is. When it comes...

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