Up close and personal with Duncan Serapelwane
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
Features
Loving Village Life!
An unusual friendship between a kasi boy and a rural veterinarian is restoring hope in the rural village of eNdelane in the Eastern Cape.
The thin line between love and hate… for farming!
A trip halfway across the globe and the teachings of two renowned entrepreneurs set Duncan Moalosi Serapelwane on a path back to farming – one he vowed as a child he’d never walk. Today this former teacher is a Bonsmara stud farmer and, as he tells Peter Mashala, he has found meaning in making a name for himself as an elite breeder of these iconic red South African cattle.
Up close and personal with Duncan Serapelwane
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
Loving Village Life!
An unusual friendship between a kasi boy and a rural veterinarian is restoring hope in the rural village of eNdelane in the Eastern Cape.
The thin line between love and hate… for farming!
A trip halfway across the globe and the teachings of two renowned entrepreneurs set Duncan Moalosi Serapelwane on a path back to farming – one he vowed as a child he’d never walk. Today this former teacher is a Bonsmara stud farmer and, as he tells Peter Mashala, he has found meaning in making a name for himself as an elite breeder of these iconic red South African cattle.
Up close and personal with Cocky Mokoka
African Farming editor Peter Mashala gets to know farmer Cocky Mokoka a little better…
Cocky Mokoka: A Shepherd of the Soil
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.
‘Never give up!’ – Palesa Moahloli
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.
Up close and personal with Palesa Moahloli
WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU’VE EVER BEEN GIVEN? My father’s advice never to give up, and that persistence and hard work always pay off.
Koos and Clifford Mthimkulu: Building a family legacy
Few things are as satisfying to a farmer than when his son (or daughter!) returns to the family farm to take their legacy of hard
Farmer profile: Growing beyond land reform in South Africa
Aggrey Mahanjana’s farm, Carnarvon Estates, is a rancher’s dream north of Queenstown in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province. Aggrey engages with the country’s Land Reform
Husband-and-wife team on their way to mega-farmer status
Mr. Alexander and mrs. Agatha Tendai Matuka may have started out as small-scale farmers in Zambia’s Central Province some years back, but their joint passion
Conservation agriculture builds a better life for Phumelele Hlongwane
Phumelele Thembisile Hlongwane is a mother of 6 from Ezibomvini village in the Bergville area of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal Province. She is one of about
Creativity helps Ugandan farmer bloom on 1 acre
It is believed that successful farming requires a lot of land, but Ugandan veterinarian and farmer Dr. Emma Naluyima believes that with creativity you can
Get the latest news
Subscribe to the African Farming mailing list
SEE the latest MAGAZINE
African Farming November 2020: Issue 1
African Farming tells the
success stories of the country’s
new generation of commercial
black farmers.
The programme is
broadcast every Thursday at
18:30, with repeats on
Sundays at 11:00.