Meet the farmers

The HandPicked agricultural skills development programme from Mr Price Foundation is using vertical crop production to create entrepreneurial opportunities for

A mechanisation pilot project by the John Deere SMART initiative has doubled the maize yields of two small-scale farmers in

CHICKENSSbu Mohale, Mbombela, Mpumalanga We have taken the last batch of chickens out and will start preparing for the next

Self-made female farmers Welile Gumede, director of Azowel Projects, and Mbali Nwoko, CEO of Green Terrace, built their agribusinesses from

The weak La Niña cycle forecast for South African weather this season should mean well-timed and moderate rainfall in the

The weak La Niña cycle forecast for South African weather this season should mean well-timed and moderate rainfall in the

WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER BEEN GIVEN? Don’t just follow your passion without direction – do what

Lesedi Masebe was living abroad, building her career as a chef working in Australia and New Zealand when her mother’s

WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER BEEN GIVEN? Be your own cheerleader. How other people see you doesn’t

Andile Matukane took farming to the rooftops in a move that meant she could enjoy the buzz of city life

WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER BEEN GIVEN? Don’t expose your business to high financial risk and manage

The political environment of the early eighties made it unthinkable for a young black man born in Mohlakeng, Randfontein to