Small-scale farmers, street traders and fisheries have endured substantial financial losses under the yoke of Covid-19, which were exacerbated by the unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and parts of Gauteng in July ...
The flower industry seems to be surviving with the help of funerals after demand had dried up with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. A slew of obstacles are still ...
After working in the information technology and software engineering space for almost 17 years, Nerudo Mregi decided to branch out into farming, eager to incorporate data science and technology into ...
Vertical farming is one of the future farming methods that you can expect to see more and more. Thanks to its versatility, high yields and small space requirement, this form ...
Things have never come easy for Bhekifa Ezra Matshenja. Perhaps that’s why his advice to young aspiring farmers is not to be “sissies”. The 36-year-old poultry and vegetable farmer from ...
We all have that one dish that the festive season just wouldn’t be the same without. You know, that precious food memory that immediately gives you a Christmas feeling – ...
“The world is still getting used to black women taking up space in various sectors, especially in agriculture during the global pandemic,” says Gugulethu Mahlangu (27). She is a spinach ...
The International Medical Services for Health South Africa (INMED SA) is helping 2500 struggling households in South Africa to plant their own backyard gardens by providing them with free seeds, training and assistance to ensure that their gardens and ...
The saying “when you educate a woman you educate a nation” fits the founder and CEO of Farmers Assistant, Linah Maphanga, like a glove. The 28-year–old spent most of her university years and her career educating and transforming the lives of hundreds of emerging smallholder farmers in Mpumalanga. Today she ...
23-year-old Ziphezinhle Gabuza, better known as Boyzee, from Ladysmith, Kwazulu-Natal spent the past week teaching an artificial intelligence to count cattle on a farm in the Free State. Gabuza is currently spearheading the ...
INSPIRATION: Former chemical engineer, Reggie Kambule, had big boots to fill when he took over from his father to co-run...
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