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- ECRDA support helps farmer move to next level
Nomagcina Suduka started her farming business, Ingarise Poultry, in 2022. It is located in the Mangqukela Village in the Eastern Cape’s Great Kei Local Municipality. Read more » - Bredasdorp gears up for a bigger Nampo Cape 2025
From 10 to 13 September 2025, Nampo Cape returns to Bredasdorp in the Western Cape, offering visitors a mix of farming innovation, livestock, and grain production. Read more » - Revitalising the textile industry with South African flair
Nobuzwe Mabona is a name quickly becoming synonymous with African printing designs. Based in Zwelitsha in the Eastern Cape, Mabona owns and operates her own textile design printing company. Read more » - Mohair wins: practical tips from an Eastern Cape emerging farmer
Dintle Maphala has been farming Angora goats for the past nine years. Her hands-on approach, from breeding and grazing to mohair handling and marketing, offers a practical roadmap that emerging producers can adapt to improve their own production outcomes. Octavia Avesca Spandiel reports. Read more » - How the ECRDA is driving the development of rural agriculture
Simpiwe Somdyala, CEO of the Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency, speaks about the agency’s ambitious plans to significantly increase agricultural production in the province. Read more » - Pullman Cape Town City Centre adapts to modern travel demands
Brian Berkman visited the Accor Hotel Group’s first Pullman-branded hotel in South Africa, formerly a Radisson Blu, and found that subtle changes enhanced the guest experience. Read more » - Mohair trust honours Women’s Month with knitting workshop graduation
The Mohair Empowerment Trust (MET) marked this year’s Women’s Month with a special graduation ceremony on 21 August, celebrating 14 women from Graaff-Reinet, Jansenville, and Aberdeen who successfully completed the trust’s Beginners Knitting Workshop. Read more » - BFAP says adaptation is key to the wine industry’s future
Global wine consumption is at its lowest level since 1961, and last year South Africa recorded its smallest harvest in over two decades. The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy says adaptability, innovation, and differentiation will bolster the industry’s resilience. Read more » - Merc hits the spot with Vito Select
With the new V-Class only offered in flagship V300d guise, Mercedes-Benz was left with a gap in its line-up for a more accessible family van. Enter the Vito Select, writes The Citizen’s Jaco van der Merwe. Read more » - Goat farmer launches her own skincare and wellness range
Selinah Ntjana, a Limpopo farmer and entrepreneur, is advocating the various benefits of goats through books, skincare, and wellness products. She spoke to Sabrina Dean about her brand, Selinah The Goat. Read more »
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