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Eco-warriors grow food at public pool

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Two eco-warriors from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal are using unconventional spaces to grow food. Delwyn Pillay (36) and Sean Kuryschuk (29) believe breaking agricultural norms...
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Retiree helps women grow food for their families

Duncan Masiwa -
A chance encounter 18 years ago has changed the lives of hundreds of people living in Mzamomhle, a township on the outskirts of Gonubie...
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Community Food Gardens

Backyard gardeners tackle hunger and unemployment head-on

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In Avian Park, a small community just outside of Worcester in the Western Cape, residents are tackling food scarcity and unemployment head on. The...
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It Takes a Village

Former banker champions organic food to give Mother Nature a break

Duncan Masiwa -
The toll that is taken on the environment to grow Mzansi’s food has inspired a former Johannesburg banker to utilize her “green thumbs” and...
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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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Organic food garden empowers people with disabilities

Duncan Masiwa -
An organic farming project in the countryside of the Uthungulu District in KwaZulu-Natal is arming people living with physical disabilities with in-depth agricultural training...
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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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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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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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This evening, the 39-year-old Doug Osler won a cash prize from Free State Agriculture and gift vouchers from Kynoch and Brand New SA. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
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Free State, meet your new Young Farmer of the Year

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The winner of Free State Agriculture’s Young Farmer of the Year competition, Doug Osler, this evening pledged his commitment towards building the agricultural sector...
This week on #SoilSistas we meet Khetiwe Maseko, a farmer who started out working as a domestic worker. She poured blood, sweat and tears into her agribusiness. Today, she’s on the way up thanks to Corteva Agriscience and GIBS. Photo: Khethiwe Maseko is a poultry farmer based in Bronkhorstspruit, east of Pretoria. From a young age, she aspired to be a businesswoman and eventually found her feet in agriculture. Photo: In 2019, Khethiwe Maseko won R30 000 from the department of agriculture and rural development to grow her poultry business. Photo: Magnificent Mndebele/Food For Mzansi
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Meet the domestic worker turned chicken farmer

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Next up on Food For Mzansi’s #SoilSistas campaign, we meet Khethiwe Maseko, the founder of Gugulam Poultry House in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng. Powered by Corteva Agriscience,...
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Free State farmers: ‘Stock theft not really a priority for SAPS’

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Organised agriculture, as well as the farming community of the Free State, are once again calling out the South African Police Service (SAPS) for...
KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala has told farming communities that he supports their call for a commission of inquiry to investigate tension between farmers, farmworkers and tenant farmers in the province. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
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Premier calls for probe amid growing tension on farms

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After two farmworkers were killed in Mpumalanga, the KwaZulu-Natal premier has now also warned of mounting tension between farmers and their labourers in his...
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