Tag: vegetable farmer

It’s been eight years since Andile Matukane first started farming. Growing weary of waiting on land to expand her operations, she now also farms on the rooftop of one of ...

Konwaba Ntanga quit her civil engineering job to build a long-lasting legacy through farming. “I knew it will be a breath-taking experience. I had to be brave about it,” she ...

“It is because of my hearing loss that I am a farmer today,” says Msizi Dlomo, a young farmer from KwaZulu-Natal. He also beat cancer, but says deafness “pushed me ...

Farming ain’t for the faint-hearted. Just ask Sinethamba Ngoako who has learnt many tough lessons early in her career. She does, however, remain committed to love the land she was ...

When his beloved mother taught him how to nurture plants, this young farmer didn't realise she was also teaching him the skills to recover from loss. When she died, he ...

Solomon Makgato spends his weekdays as a salesperson at a Limpopo retailer. After hours and on weekends, he creates magic on his one-hectare backyard farm – even supplying a local ...

Just as the willow tree, Busakwe has weathered many a blustery gale and her ability to survive the hard-hitting storms is due to unbeatable flexibility and adaptability. Over and over ...

When Covid-19 swept across Mzansi, it took away Sinethemba Botha’s business, her only income and her joy. She reclaimed it all in an unlikely place, and has since started spreading ...

Despite facing many challenges as a farmer, Mandisa Bell has not given up. She lets her passion for veggie farming power her.

The vegetable farmer is passionate about youth development and has grown her business, based in Rustenburg in North West, from subsistence to commercial level. Teke’s produce has gone on to ...