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...
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...
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...
Farm to thrive and not just to survive
The main objective of the Farmer of the Year competition is to celebrate the learning, growth, development and hard work of the thousands of farmers in the Grain SA Farmer Development Programme. Although the...
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...
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...
Om raak te skiet en mis te boor
Beste Grootneef
Vra maar vir Naas Botha, die verskil tussen ’n hero en ’n zero is soms so dik soos ’n polonieskil. ’n Menigte van sy skepskoppe is maar net-net tussen die pale deur. Effe...
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...
Giving direction to empower lives
‘I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.’ This quote of the well-known Chinese philosopher, Confucius, is the method which mentor Sarel Pretorius from the Eastern Cape...
