Two years ago Daniel Ngosa lost his lucrative mining job on the Copperbelt and bought a small farm in the outskirts of Mufurila town. The 51-year-old, who worked as a metallurgist for 27 years before he was laid off at a height of plummeting metal prices and a mining tax…
Each rotation of the centre pivots driven by solar power on this farm means money back in these farmers’ pockets. After nearly four years of using the system, they’re still singing its praises. For father and son team, Joppie (53) and Dewald (25) Opperman of the farm Hazeldene near Cradock…
A water wheel on a guest farm in George’s Valley near Tzaneen in Limpopo province, South Africa, generates hydroelectric power without having any impact on the environment and all the while covering the costs it took to build. Many farmers know Rob Wesseloo as the former CEO of the Clover…
Environmental stakeholders are warning that the massive power tariff hike by Zambia’s power utility company will aggravate deforestation. ZESCO’s power tariff increase of 50% came into effect yesterday. The remaining 25% will kick in on September 1. “Trees will come down at a faster rate as more people are forced…
Two engineers, Wallace Bester and Francois van Tonder, made a clever and simple plan for their friend – a dairy farmer – to generate electricity from biogas for his small dairy and to save cost in this way. It makes sense to make your own electricity if you have a…
Shortly after 20:00 last night, (24/11) power had been restored after a 128-hour power failure that crippled half of Zambia, even though a few isolated areas were still in darkness. Especially poultry and dairy farmers breathed a sigh of relief, but also role players all the way down the value…
Poultry farmers in parts of Zambia are reeling from colossal losses following a power outage in at least five provinces that lasted more than 48-hours. "I lost more than 800 eggs for guinea fowls. It is 48 hours already and there is still no sign of power,” lamented Humphrey Milanzi,…
