WHAT’S THE BEST ADVICE YOU’VE EVER RECEIVED? Don’t keep all your eggs in one basket. As an African man your bank is in your kraal, hence I started farming when I started working. IF THERE IS ONE THING YOU COULD DO DIFFERENTLY, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I think most things…
Solly Mafuya started farming part-time in 1991 but spent most of his career in the corporate world. When he retired in 2008, he turned to farming full time, pinning his hope on the versatile Dohne Merino sheep breed. He spoke to Peter Mashala about his long-standing passion for the industry.
Foot and mouth disease has been in the news lately, impacting the red-meat value chain and farmers very negatively. The disease has spread to an extent never seen before in South Africa. The reliance on livestock farming makes poor rural households much more vulnerable to the impact of the disease.
In uncertain times communication is a critical commodity that should be used in abundance. Agriculture is currently in a vice grip due to high input costs, challenges around infrastructure, and increasingly restricted access to credit, says Theo Vorster of Galileo Capital.
