Tag: Bothaville

Pietermaritzburg farmer Andile Ngcobo counted among the thousands of visitors to Nampo. To allow for reduced daily capacity amid Covid-19 restrictions, the expo is held over a period of five days. Under the theme “Experience it”, organisers gave visitors a broad overview of the latest trends, equipment, vehicles and so much more offered to the agriculture sector. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

In pictures: Big toys (and smiles!) at Nampo

by Staff Reporter

19th May 2022

Thousands of people descended on the Free State town of Bothaville for this year’s Nampo. The Southern Hemisphere’s biggest agricultural expo returned after a two-year Covid-19 hiatus and the results ...

Grain SA announced the return of the Nampo Harvest Day to Bothaville in the Free State in May this year. Photo: Supplied/Food For Mzansi

Nampo cancellation ‘a big blow for local businesses’

by Sinesipho Tom

7th July 2021

With the Nampo Harvest Day being cancelled for a second consecutive year, Free State entrepreneurs have suffered great financial losses which have severely impacted their businesses. Hosted in Bothaville, just ...

‘Farming brothers’ breaking stereotypes

by Noluthando Ngcakani

9th September 2020

It’s true that you can’t choose your family, but these three Mzansi farmers beg to differ. Brothers Buchule Jack and Buzwe Pama run a successful farming business in the Free State alongside their friend Pieter Van Heerden and are proving that forming ...

Liewe Lulu: I’m ready for love, but…

by Noluthando Ngcakani

14th February 2020

Unlucky In Love (26) from Bothaville, Free State writes... To say the least, my luck with the ladies has been bad. In the past everything would go well on the ...

Buchule Jack (chief financial officer of Amiline (PTY) Ltd), with Kobus Louwrens (co-founder of Food For Mzansi).

PODCAST: Form partnerships to survive in Mzansi’s agri-sector

by Duncan Masiwa

4th February 2020

With Mzansi’s agricultural sector struggling, more and more farmers are realizing the importance of partnerships. Buchule Jack, the chief financial officer of Amiline (PTY) Ltd in Bothaville, Free State is ...

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