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Veggie garden: What to plant in February

Noluthando Ngcakani -
It is ten years later, and you still have not followed through on that resolution to plant the veggies you have been ranting and...
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Food & Health

Covid-19: Nature-based ‘solutions’ can boost immune systems

Staff Reporter -
While South Africa continues to log new daily records in covid-19 infections, a natural scientist and agricultural expert urges people to turn to nature...
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African Food

‘If we ignore ancestors’ foods, we become someone else’

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Africa is filled with “super foods” that have been used as sustenance and medicine by generations across history, believes Mpho Tshukudu, a Johannesburg-born registered...
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Food Trends

5 reasons to eat fresh and local, if you can

Siyabonga Mngoma -
A lot seems uncertain at the moment. With the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa there are so many questions. Will we...
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African Food

No more ‘poverty food’ – African vegetables are the next big thing

Team Food For Mzansi -
South Africa’s indigenous food heritage has huge social and commercial potential, but it will require a “food revolution” involving chefs, farmers, researchers and government...
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Food & Health

Winter’s coming: Boost your immune system

Andrea Du Plessis -
Keeping your immune system working at its best is top of mind at the moment, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Your body’s immune system...
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Food & Health
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Consider these foods for your plant-based diet

Siyabonga Mngoma -
A year ago I committed to an experiment of going vegetarian, as part of Vegan month in November. It did not go well. The reason...
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African Food

RECIPE: Chakalaka, as enjoyed by Barack Obama

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Marabi Club  head Chef Katlego Mlambo  recalls  one of the most memorable highlights  of his 10-year career  as the day Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey and...
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Food & Health

Valentine’s Day: putting sexy back on your plate – at home!

Immaculate Zinde -
While Valentine’s Day may get your heart racing, February also happens to be Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Month. Creating a Valentines experience at home that shows...
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Food & Health

How to do a plant-based braai

Siyabonga Mngoma -
Whether it’s for health and wellbeing, caring for animals or the climate crisis, plant-based eating is gaining momentum and popping up everywhere – even...
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Vaginal health: Vagina, or Yoni, potato, potahto, women are reclaiming their power and breaking the stigma associated with vaginal health care needs. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
Lifestyle

Vaginal health: Foods to make ‘Lady V’ jump for joy

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Unbalanced pH?  No, you are not back in your grade 10 chemistry class. Add “vaginal” to it and now we want to collectively squirm...
This weekend, cloudy skies and morning showers are expected over the Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal, and parts of the Lowveld and Highveld. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
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Weather update: From Gqeberha to Reitz, you’re covered!

Candice Mckechnie -
It’s full moon, the last weekend of February and our friends at PPL° WX have just send us the latest weekend weather update. (For...
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Farmer admits: ‘I lost the weight and myself’

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Formerly Fat Farmer Girl from Potchefstroom in North West writes… Liewe Lulu,I need help finding my sexual confidence again.I am 29, run a mixed farming...
Two Western Cape farming brothers in the Western Cape, Eric and Willem van Zyl, have built an app that is changing the way farmers think about the future. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
Agri-innovation

Meet the app-building brothers who farm for the future

Duncan Masiwa -
In agriculture, two heads are always better than one. In the case of Eric and Willem van Zyl, this approach led to a multi-lingual...
Making your own animal feed to save costs might not always work out cheaper, warn experts. Proper nutrition gives animals the vigour to grow, develop, and reproduce, and strong immunity to fight off infections. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi
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Mixing own livestock feed ‘comes with hefty price tag’

Duncan Masiwa -
Experts have warned small-scale pig farmers to be cautious of mixing their own feed in a desperate attempt to find an alternative for sky-high...

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