Die paradoks van 2021
Vanjaar se stop-start begin maak die lewe vir almal moeilik. Mense was nog besig om vakansie te probeer hou na ’n taai 2020-jaar, toe laat COVID se “My fellow South Africans” ons weer in...
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’...
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...
Jannie Div … aandag! Uittree!
Ek vermoed my laaste dag as HUB hier by Graan SA gaan dalk nie baie anders wees as die laaste dag van my nasionale diensplig nie. Dit was ’n geharwar omdat die bevelvoerder gesê...
What is the alternative?
It always sounds so easy when one reads about or listens to passionate motivational speakers or strategies that emphasise the importance of resilience – and when we are admonished to listen beyond the noise...
Planmakers bevind hul in twee kampe
Terwyl party graanprodusente stroop en ander die weer dophou vir reën, is daar heelwat grondplate wat besig is om te beweeg en te verskuif. As gevolg van COVID-19 is al die verskuiwings nie altyd...
Dis nie waarna jy kyk nie, maar wat jy sien …
C Louis Leipoldt sê juis Oktober is die mooiste, mooiste maand – met helder dae, groen aande en die bloue hemel daarbo. Jy kyk dalk na verskeie natuurtonele, ’n suksesvolle oes, die kom en...
Voorwaarts, al is dit opdraand
Teen die tyd dat julle hierdie lees, behoort die Kaapse oes afgehandel en die noorde se oes geplant te wees. Is dit nie lekker dat die reën mooi betyds gekom het nie?
’n Beter begin...
Peace and quiet needed to produce food
We all know that proper and careful management and responsibility, especially in a public context, are not at all among South Africa’s strong points. That is why any talk or suggestion of regulation of...
The future beckons
Over the past few decades, we have become accustomed to incredible population growth, particularly in Oriental countries such as China, India and Indonesia. Through policy China could turn it around and the Chinese population...
