SA produces enough food – STILL PEOPLE ARE STARVING
According to the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) of 2022, South Africa is regarded as the number one country in Africa in terms of food security due to its developed agricultural sector, stable food...
Dis wie ons is!
Wie dink jy is jy?” was die woorde wat ons Minister van Polisie, Generaal Bheki Cele, ’n boer die ander dag toegesnou het. Ek ken nie die boer nie en weet nie presies wat...
Skep ruim skaduwee vir die toekoms
Graan SA-span het onlangs die jaarlikse Global Leadership Summit bygewoon. Een van die aanhalings wat my net weer nuwe energie en visie gegee het, was die opmerking van Todd Henry: “A society grows great...
Met tegnologie bou ons ’n toekoms
Graan SA se onlangse NAMPO Oesdag, met sy fokus op die nuutste tegnologiese vooruitgang in landbou, het weer eens die beslissende rol van tegnologie uitgelig om suksesvolle en volhoubare graanproduksie te verseker. In ’n...
Private sector plan for economic growth adopted
At the end of last year, I became involved in the Public Private Growth Initiative (PPGI), which started liaising with the presidency on behalf of business leaders in our country in order to get...
Mag 2020 ’n draaipunt in ons geskiedenis wees
As ek terugkyk oor die jaar 2019 het dit maar ’n karige opbrengs gelewer, behalwe dalk vir die Rugbywêreldbeker! Die verwagtinge van meer duidelikheid oor grondhervorming en ’n landboumeesterplan wat die sektor kan vorentoe...
Create ample shadow for the future
A team from Grain SA recently attended the annual Global Leadership Summit. One of the quotes that gave me renewed energy and vision was the remark by Todd Henry: ‘A society grows great when...
This is who we are!
Who do you think you are?’ were the words our Minister of Police, General Bheki Cele, used to starkly address a farmer recently. I do not know the farmer and I am not aware...
This is how we go about with water received by grace
I recently became aware of an anomaly (contradiction) that awakened a certain emotion in me. I read about important opinion formers in society who, as ‘experts’, write about how we as agriculturists use the...
Where is the middle?
Two of our young people in agriculture who are employed by Agri SA, Mihlali Xhala and Jolanda Andrag, recently wrote to President Ramaphosa asking him to please help define the ‘middle of the road’...
