Tag: vegetable farmer

INSPIRATION: Paballo Khoza is a vegetable farmer who has been in incubation at Westonaria Agri-Park since 2019. He has invested much and sacrificed loving relationships, but his perseverance is starting ...

An Eastern Cape farmer is seeking help after he discovered a white powdery substance on his tomato plants. Dr André Cilliers of AECI Plant Health explains what powdery mildew is ...

"Poor people also deserve organic food," says the woman affectionately known to township dwellers as Mme wadi Herbs. Lekau Nkoko is a spiritually gifted woman dedicated to producing healing vegetables ...

This member of the South African Army Engineer Formation leads a double life. He also farms with tomatoes and watermelons in Moletši Ga-Komape, Limpopo. “A hungry man cannot sleep,” he ...

“Farming is a slow process. It is about passion, patience and determination.” Limpopo farmer and soil science graduate Leshalagae Mojapelo knows it takes many years of experience to become an ...

For Mantombi Madona, farming is about much more than earning a salary. She believes she is called to help ensure that people always have food on their tables. And she’s ...

Kgomotso Ramatlo’s Instagram page might be filled with great pictures, but she warns that her journey in farming is anything but beautiful. Instead, her story is about resilience amidst insurmountable ...

After years of observing his sugarcane farming grandmother, Sithembiso Thwala knew that he wanted to study agriculture. He was, however, expelled because of outstanding fees, but turned the setback into ...

When Kgomotso Lelatela first started her agribusiness, she was the laughing stock of people in her Soweto neighbourhood. She says, “Neighbours would sit outside and tease me, saying my peers ...

INSPIRATION: Soon after his graduation, Frank Mathsa started farming in the Limpopo village he was born and raised. He spends most of his time on the farm and has now ...