Skills training gains traction
Vocational training and artisan development are often overlooked by students and parents who contend that the academic route offers better prospects for the future.
With the current focus on strengthening agricultural value chains and investing...
Feeding the world
September 2017
Hanlie du Plessis, SA Graan/Grain contributor
Hunger not only affects the stomach, it also has direct influence on the development of children all over the world – physically as well as mentally. Too many men and...
Politieke risiko’s en hoe om dit te bestuur
January 2017
DAWIE ROODT, hoofekonoom: Efficient Groep
Besigheid in Afrika is ‘n tweestryd. Aan die een kant is daar die wonderlike geleenthede, maar aan die ander kant is daar reuse uit dagings. Suid- Afrika is nie...
Good labour practices and relationships in the spotlight
April 2015
— Vastrap Enterprises (Part 2)
ELMARIE HELBERG, SA Graan/Grain contributor
In the March issue of SA Graan/Grain we talked to Quentin and Marisa de Bruyn of Vastrap Enterprises about their staff – which they believe is the...
Meer oor die Riversdal Wintergraan Bedryfskomitee Inligtingsdag
January 2015
LIANA STROEBEL, ontwikkelingskoördineerder, Graan SA
Die jaarlikse Wintergraan Bedryfskomitee Inligtingsdag het in September verlede jaar buite Riversdal plaasgevind. Ongeveer 230 produsente en bedryfsrolspelers is deur mnr Hendrik Joubert van Uitkyk Boerdery verwelkom.
Dit is verblydend...
Importance of the poultry industry within the grain and oilseeds value chain
March 2017
DIRK STRYDOM, manager: Grain Economy and Marketing, Grain SA
The poultry industry is currently under enormous pressure. As explained in various reports, this is due to not receiving sufficient anti-dumping support. In December last...
Bedryf groet ‘n koringkenner
March 2016
ELMARIE HELBERG, SA Graan/Grain medewerker
Agter die skerms
Cobus en Zenda het twee dogters, Jeanné en René.
Hy lees veral nie-fiksie.
As gesin kampeer hulle graag en is passievol oor Suider-Afrika se nasionale parke.
Charles...
Die verkiesing is nié net nog ‘n verkiesing nie
July 2016
HARALD PAKENDORF, politieke ontleder
Met Suid-Afrika gaan dit op die oomblik nie goed nie. Met die regerende ANC nog slegter. Stygende onrus, stygende werkloosheid, stygende lewenskoste, stygende radikalisme, dalende ekonomiese groei, dalende rand, dalende...
A new approach to agri training
March 2018
RUTH SCHULTZ, SA Graan/Grain editorial team
In 2012 Villa invested in training by opening the Villa Academy. Over time Villa realised that the training model they were using could be improved by Villa Academy becoming a...
South Africa’s struggling agricultural sector: What went wrong 20 years ago
December 2018
South Africa’s decision to play by the global rules of free trade post-1994 put the country’s agricultural sector in a difficult position. While it was expected to compete against the best in the...
