WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU’VE EVER RECEIVED? My father always said you should prepare on time so you’re not caught off guard. He also believed every leap year would bring good rains, and it’s happened that way. This advice has helped me prepare on time for the good wet…
African Farming editor Peter Mashala gets to know farmer Cocky Mokoka a little better...
In 2008 Cocky Mokoka came across a magazine article about how Brazilian farmers had transformed their businesses by no longer ploughing or tilling their soils. It inspired him to start letting Mother Nature make the decisions on his farm and turn his business into a sustainable, profitable and environmentally friendly operation.
Success often has humble beginnings – just ask Palesa Moahloli. As one half of a dynamic husband-and-wife farming team, her journey has taken her from a small plot to an award-winning cattle operation that has caught the attention of one of the country’s biggest beef producers. Peter Mashala visited their Free State farm and saw consistent hard work and self-belief in action.
