Learn to listen and listen to learn

The Dalai Lama once said, ‘When you talk, you are only repeating what you already know, but if you listen, you may learn something new.’ The mentors who are part of the Grain SA...

Knowledge offers the potential to change lives

The 2019 Potential Commercial Farmer of the Year is Sabatha Ewart Mthethwa from Dannhauser in KwaZulu-Natal. As everyone knows, it takes a team to make a winner and Sabatha has a whole team supporting...

Grain trusts support sustainability PART 4: Sorghum Trust

Following the closing of the Sorghum Board in 1997, the reserve funds of the Board were transferred to the Sorghum Trust. These funds became the discretionary funds of the Trust and are managed by...

Om afskeid te neem

Beste Grootneef Om afskeid te neem is so deel van die lewe soos die son wat soggens opkom en saans weer in die weste met laaste lig verdwyn. Elke dag met geleende tyd – sonder...

Hands-on approach brings results for Jerry

It has been proven that people learn much faster from doing something, rather than just learning about it through books and lectures or by simply watching someone else. Jerry Mthombothi, Grain SA development co-ordinator...

Mentorship: Supporting a vision, conquering division

When Grain SA first introduced its mentorship programme, the goal was to change the lives of smallholder farmers by improving their agricultural practices. Through the years it has become clear that the programme does...

With teamwork great things are achieved

‘My mentor said, “Let’s go do it!” – not you go do it, but let us do it. How powerful when someone says, “Let’s!”’ These words spoken by the successful American entrepreneur and motivational...

Fighting poverty through opportunity

Being raised by unemployed parents led Zoliswa Mdikane (26) to her decision to study agriculture. Zoliswa hails from a deeply rural area, Tshisane, near the town Tsolo in the Eastern Cape, which is approximately...

Die fees van die opwekkers

Beste Grootneef Ons het so ’n tydjie gelede by die familie in die stad gaan kuier. Om daar uit te kom bly ’n stryd – die oorvol paaie, taxi’s en tollenaars maak dit ook nie...

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