Emerging farmers, agricultural worker get acquainted with Fruit Logistica

Four up-and-coming South African fruit farmers, Andreas Klaase, Belinda Williams, Debrah Theunissen and Liza Ambraal, along with Nigel Klaasen, winner of the Western Cape Prestige Agri-Award, recently returned from a market access capacity building tour to the Netherlands and the Fruit Logistica in Berlin.

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Engineer turns to farming to carry dad’s legacy

Tracy Marobobo, one of the top performers in the Sernick Group’s farmer development programme, gave up an engineering career to continue her father’s farming legacy. Tracy and her husband, Thukela, farm alongside her father, Matoo Khothule, and are setting a great example of successful succession planning. Peter Mashala visited them on their farm in Ventersburg in the Free State.

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A qualified engineer, Tracy Marobobo turned to agriculture to fulfil her true passion for farming, and to further her father’s legacy. She has set her sights on becoming a commercial Bonsmara farmer, and is already one of the leading performers in the Sernick programme.

A bright mind turns to agriculture

When Thabo Mavundza’s academic journey to become a medical doctor took an unexpected turn, the South African agricultural industry was gifted with a bright young mind. A bold and forward-looking agricultural engineer, Thabo leads Westfalia Fruit Africa, a multinational supplier of fresh fruit and related products. Peter Mashala met Thabo in Tzaneen to learn more about his journey.

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Thabo Mavundza is head of agriculture at Westfalia Fruit Africa and leads many other industry bodies, such as the South African Institute for Agricultural Engineering (SAIAE), the Engineering Council of South Africa, and is a non- executive director at the South African Avocado Growers Association. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED BY WESTFALIA

Female farmers digging in for the greater good

The first crop of female farmers has completed the first phase of Momentum Metropolitan Foundation’s Women in Farming programme in Pietermaritzburg. This programme seeks to upskill and integrate the young farmers into value chains, in the process stimulating rural food security and local economies. Robyn Joubert reports on an initiative that’s tapping into agriculture for the greater good.

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Nontokozo Mdletshe is leasing to buy a 1.3ha farm in Prestbury, in Pietermaritzburg, where she farms rabbits and organic herbs and vegetables.

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