May 2020 be a turning point in our history
Looking back on the year 2019, it was one with a meagre yield, except perhaps for the Rugby World Cup! The expectations of more clarity on land reform and a master plan for agriculture...
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...
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...
Dís hoe ons met genadewater werk
Ek het die afgelope tyd van ’n anomalie (teenstrydigheid) bewus geword wat nogal ’n emosie in my wakker gemaak het. Ek lees van belangrike opinievormers in die samelewing wat as “kenners” skryf hoe ons...
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...
The uneasiness of political correctness
It will be a sad day if South Africa ever discards merit and rationality for the sake of political correctness. I say this because we daily experience more pressure at the level of organised...
Die ongemak van politieke korrektheid
Dit sal ’n hartseer dag wees as Suid-Afrika ooit meriete en rasionaliteit begrawe ter wille van politieke korrektheid. Ek sê dit omdat ons daagliks meer druk op georganiseerdelandbouvlak ervaar om feite en meriete te...
Is this self-imposed expropriation?
The other day I listened to an employee who was complaining about a company whose share price had dropped drastically and that even had to suspend trading. In the recent past we have experienced...
Is dit selfopgelegde onteiening?
Ek luister onlangs na ’n werknemer wat sy lot bekla oor ’n maatskappy waarvan die aandeelprys buitensporig gedaal het en wat toe selfs verhandeling moes staak. In die onlangse verlede is ons deur die...
