Growing up in Williston in the Northern Cape, all Theo van Rooyen wanted to be when he grew up was a sheep farmer. Then his father got a job on a fruit farm in the Koue Bokkeveld close to Ceres in the Western Cape, and his life changed forever. The…
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WHAT’S YOUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT SO FAR? Knowing that I have created an economy from scratch, where there was none before. We started with three of us and now I employ 17 people. AND YOUR BIGGEST MISTAKE? I have messed up so often! I had disease outbreaks because I didn’t know…
Great doctor, better farmer! It would take a family tragedy to launch this young doctor’s impressive farming career. Following his elder brother Rotham’s tragic passing in a car accident, Obakeng Mfikwe found himself increasingly having to take off time from his medical practice in Fourways in Johannesburg to help his…
