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LISTEN: New episode of Mzansi’s favourite agri podcast

by Kyran Blaauw
31st July 2020
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LISTEN: New episode of Mzansi’s favourite agri podcast

KwaZulu-Natal beekeeper Mbali Ngcobo is featured on this episode of the Farmer's Inside Track podcast. Picture: YehBaby

Mzansi’s favourite agriculture podcast brings you yet another inspirational episode. Episode 37 of Farmer’s Inside Track is now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts.

In this episode, we journey to the Drakensberg in KwaZulu-Natal, where queen bee Mbali Ngcobo flies like a butterfly and stings like a bee. Ngcobo is the co-owner of the Drakensberg Bee Academy.

She is a worker bee of note, having had stints in the hospitality industry and even in a bank just to make ends meet before finally finding her way to agriculture.

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“That’s all in the past now. I’m a female farmer today, and I am not going back,” declares Ngcobo.

We also chat with Linah Maphanga from Farmer’s Assistant, another strong female in the agri sector. The technology-based company offers smallholder farmers and agripreneurs alike smooth and efficient access to the entire agri value chain.

“You become part of a global community of smallholder farmers or a nation-wide organisation,” says Mphanga on the benefits of joining Farmer’s Assistant.

We check in with the inspiring Mosesi Mosesi, a previous guest on the podcast. From being down and out and drowning in hopelessness, he is now an aquaponics pioneer who runs and manages his farm in the heart of Tembisa, Gauteng. He has rubbed shoulders with the likes of the duke and duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and with President Cyril Ramaphosa. He talks about his experience being featured on Food For Mzansi.

For our book of the week we review What’s Your Move by Nicolette Mashile, a must-read for our book-lovers. Agrucultural economist Dr Johnny van der Merwe, again breaks down the latest price movements in the fresh produce markets.

This genuinely inspiring episode of Farmer’s Inside Track is hosted by Food For Mzansi editor Dawn Noemdoe and journalist Duncan Masiwa.

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Kyran Blaauw is a blooming multimedia journalist and educator who graduated from Rhodes University, Makhanda. Currently, he is making progress at reading for his master's degree in journalism. He is particularly interested in human interest stories, the arts, minority group representation, and the role of mass media in identity formation in adolescents of colour. A proud product of the Karoo, Kyran was born, in De Aar, affectionately known as Die 6 Plaas by locals. In between doing some leisure reading, watching YouTube videos, and cackling at memes, he spends his time on binge-watching his Netflix shows. He is a Scorpio star sign.

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