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How to become a more sustainable fruit grower

Hortgro Resource and Sustainability Manager, Nitasha Baijnath-Pillay, shares her top 7 tips on how to become a more sustainable fruit grower: Have a long-term perspective: Long-term planning, continuous innovation and sufficient investment in research and development, adopting new technologies and…

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John Dobson: Belonging drives performance

John Dobson is director of rugby at Western Province Rugby and the head coach of the DHL Stormers rugby team. He was pivotal in turning the once-bankrupt team into the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship winners. Dobson’s many achievements include a…

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Dr Imtiaz Sooliman: Faith and spirituality

Dr Imtiaz Sooliman is the founder and chair of the Gift of the Givers Foundation, the largest non-governmental disaster-response organisation of African origin in Africa. Gift of the Givers has distributed R6 billion in aid in 47 countries over the…

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Barend la Grange: Change through action

Barend la Grange is the chief operating officer of the Privilege Foundation, which supports vulnerable children and unites communities in renovating their towns. He previously led the non-profit South Africa Day — this organisation was instrumental in regenerating the former…

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SIZA HELP OPKOMENDE PRODUSENTE MARKGEREED WORD

Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp As jy Suid-Afrikaanse vrugte wil uitvoer, moet jy aan sekere vereistes voldoen. Of jy nou ’n mega-produsent, kleiner produsent of opkomende produsent is, die wetgewing en standaarde bly dieselfde. Een van die hekkies in produsente se pad…

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Challenges ahead for “celebrity” Cape honeybee

By Elise-Marie Steenkamp The Cape honeybee might have global celebrity status in the insect world, but there are many challenges to secure the future of this “famous bee variety” and sustain its contribution as an apex pollinator in the Western…

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The process behind Provar’s fruit tastings

Provar’s well-known fruit tastings showcase the latest cultivars and selections that belong to IP representatives and fruit breeders. The fruit tasting provides an opportunity for industry and consumers to taste, discuss and see the samples, simultaneously Provar gains valuable insight…

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Simply the Best – Meet Vivian Jakobs

By Gerrit Rautenbach After obtaining his matric in 1994, Vivian Jakobs’s journey through the world of deciduous fruit began with him checking out the playing field. In 2000 he joined Swaarmoed Boerdery in the Warm Bokkeveld. That’s where he crossed…

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Christi van den Heever: Vrugte, pype en respek

Christi Van den Heever (38) is vas oortuig dat Suid-Afrikaanse landbou ’n blink toekoms het. Anna Mouton het 2023 se Agri Wes-Kaap Santam Jongboer van die Jaar ontmoet. Van den Heever het in Namakwaland grootgeword maar reeds op ouderdom sewe…

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Jong leiers in die Langkloof

Ontmoet twee van die nuwe generasie produsente wat Hortgro se bedryfsleierskapprogram voltooi het. Wilhelm Loock (links) en Kosie Zondagh Hortgro het die bedryfsleierskapprogram in 2022 geloods om jong mense in die sagtevrugtebedryf as toekomstige bedryfsleiers te help toerus deur hulle…

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Cape Town port: Improvements, but long road ahead…

New management, more transparency, better cooperation, and ongoing improvements have helped to turn around the backlog at the Cape Town port (CTP) for fruit exports. It is, however, still a long road ahead to get port productivity on par with the…

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