Deciduous fruit growers from Grabouw and Elgin will donate between 7.5 and 10 million cubic meters of water to the City of Cape Town. The growers opened their hearts and sluices to “give their share” and help the Cape Metro…
Ms Bongiwe Njobe is the new chairperson of Fruit SA. She was elected at a board meeting of the organisation. Justin Chadwick, Chief Executive Officer of the Citrus Growers Association (CGA) of Southern Africa, is the new vice-chairperson of Fruit…
The South African fruit sector is nothing without agricultural workers, thus the sector views its human resource component as its most valuable asset. In a value statement released by Fruit South Africa (FSA), the umbrella body of the South African…
South Africa is facing a dual crisis of water availability and deteriorating water quality. Should the fruit industry be taking the situation more seriously? By Jorisna Bonthuys Ensuring the safety of produce from farm to market has never been so…
Pretoria, 9 April 2025 – Fruit South Africa (Fruit SA) is pleased to announce key leadership changes within its Board of Directors, effective 1 April 2025. These appointments mark a significant transition as the organisation continues to strengthen its leadership…
Fhumulani Ratshitanga has been appointed CEO of Fruit South Africa (Fruit SA), effective 1 June 2020. This follows her appointment to the role of Acting CEO on 1 April. Having joined Fruit SA as Industry Affairs Manager in July 2019,…
The Board of Fruit South Africa recently appointed Dr Nompumelelo Obokoh as Director. Dr Obokoh, who holds a doctoral degree in Plant Molecular Biology from Cambridge University (amongst other academic achievements), joins Fruit South Africa at a time of unprecedented…
Fruit Sout Africa strives through its facilitative role to contribute to a growing, profitable, sustainable and equitable fruit industry in South Africa within the context of the National Development Plan and related strategies and policies. Therefore, we the members of…
Transformation within the fruit industry is of paramount importance to ensure growth. Hortgro supports the transformation of the industry and endeavours to enable inclusive growth for all. Find the FruitSA Transformation Summary here: 2020 Transformation Summary
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp In 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa deemed gender-based violence (GBV) a secondary pandemic in South Africa with more than 20 women and children murdered in the first four months of lockdown, and five of these cases happening in…
South Africa’s fruit industry is continuing its fight against fruit flies with a world-recognised best practice tool in its pest management arsenal: aerial baiting. The Fruit Fly Africa (FFA) team has launched its 2024/25 aerial baiting programme as part of…
By Dianca Yssel How did De Rust come about? De Rust is situated in the Elgin Valley. The farming business is split in two: They have 150 hectares of apples and pears, as well as 72 hectares of vineyards for…