Inside this issue: SA PALS coming on board – 1 | Joyene Isaacs becomes part of PALS – 3 | The show is going on at Bambisane – 4 | PALS and the Mpumalanga berries – 5 | La Vouere links up with FNB – 6 | Maluti Farming PALS appoints General Manager – 7 | News in short – PALS progress in a nutshell – 8 | Repair the disrepair – the PALS philosophy – 10 | Outside Perspective – Chris Burgess – 12
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Raymond and Mary Koopstad, stone-fruit export producers, have been farming in the Western Cape since 2003. They acquired the farm with funding from land redistribution for agricultural development (LRAD). In […]
Afriberry ZA, operated from Rietfontein farm in the fertile Kwena valley near Lydenburg in Mpumalanga, was born from the desire to address historical injustices through a partnership between South Africans […]
By the time the devil of apartheid was officially demolished in the early 90’s virtually all successful farms were was owned and operated by whites. Fact. Suddenly there were many […]
This is the column where Perspective asks well-known opinion formers to give their views on PALS and its mission. Landbouweekblad editor Chris Burgess grew up on an extensive stock farm in the […]
Shortly after Witzenberg PALS was formally established in 2014, Gielie Geldenhuys from Rheeboksplaat Farming Nominees near Ceres approached them. He felt he had a social and moral duty towards land […]
Orapeleng Mocumi started on 15 March as the General Manager of Maluti Farming PALS. Places to go to, things to do, people to see. PALS is gearing up for the […]
Although formally retired now as the Head of the Department of Agriculture Western Cape, a post she brilliantly filled between 2006 and 2020, Joyene is not done with agriculture by […]
Want to see a true partnership in action between commercial and emerging farmers? Look no further than Witzenberg Partners in Agri Land Solutions (Pals) in Ceres. A ground-breaking private-sector initiative […]
Inside this issue: Half a century’s worth of wisdom. Naas van der Merwe – 1 | The secret is to be in Harmony – 2 | Overcoming agriculture’s unique challenges – an FNB story – 4 | 1994 revisited – 6 | The SA PALS symposium and the new kid on the block: Mpumalanga PALS – 8 | Success is a strategic alliance. Prof Marius Ungerer – 12 | What is the state of PALS in the Free State? – 13 | Nduli pig farm in the making – 14 | Outside Perspective. Barend La Grange – 15