Nitasha Baijnath-Pillay, Hortgro’s Manager, Resource Management and Sustainability, had the opportunity to attend Fruit Logistica in Berlin, Germany, for the first time this year. She shares her insights. From 4 to 6 February 2026, Berlin hosted yet another Fruit Logistica…
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…
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
Stealing fruit might sound like mischief. It has, however, become a massive threat to an industry worth billions. By Gerrit Rautenbach I remember those late nights slipping out of the school res, making a beeline for oom Hendrik’s orchards. The…
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…
Fruitarians believe in living off fruit exclusively. The question however is, what is the definition here of “fruit”? And how well can one live off one food group only? By Gerrit Rautenbach During the last part of the 20th century,…
Agadir, Morocco – FruitFly Africa (FFA) recently represented South Africa at the launch of Morocco’s new sterile insect technique (SIT) facility, an event hosted under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and attended by delegates from 17…