Mentoring is where the real work gets done
The American financial advisor, Suze Orman, says the key to being a good mentor is to help people become more of who they already are. It seems that the Grain SA Farmer Development Programme...
Growing SA’s economy post-COVID
Even before COVID-19 arrived the South African economy was in trouble. The official unemployment rate reached 30%, while per capita economic growth had been negative for half a decade.
In fact, looking at five-year periods...
’n Stille Nag in die vreemde
Beste Grootneef
Dit was ’n koue aand met ligte motreën wat teen jou gesig vasgewaai het. Die trietsige son het net na drie-uur die middag agter die berg verdwyn. Die voetheuwels om die berge was...
Agriculture can change SA
To state that Johan Kriel, former development coordinator of the Grain SA Farmer Development Programme, has a heart for agriculture, is an understatement. Agriculture is his life. After having to sell their family farm...
Highlights trump challenges
Francis Davidson, a mentor from the Eastern Cape, believes that optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other. His life is a testimony to this. At 72 he...
Mentoring is about going the extra mile
American author, Louis Sachar, said: ‘It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.’ As a mentor in Grain SA’s...
Die onsigbare kleed
Beste Grootneef
Ek het laat middag my arm skoon uit sy potjie gepluk, maar kon nie ’n kuggie uit die gennie se keelgat lostrek nie. Iets is verstop, want die Honda se tenk is nog...
Building self-confidence through change
Carel Foord from the Vryburg area says you cannot be involved in Grain SA’s mentorship programme without it having an impact on your own life. In this region he is known as Mashesha amongst...
