Mpumalanga PALS on the move
Michaels Children Village (MCV), an orphanage outside White River, is the latest project registered with Mpumalanga PALS. The 31 ha property, White River Agriculture Holdings, is on the Spioenkop road…
Michaels Children Village (MCV), an orphanage outside White River, is the latest project registered with Mpumalanga PALS. The 31 ha property, White River Agriculture Holdings, is on the Spioenkop road…
This is the column where Perspective asks well-known opinion formers to give their views on PALS and its mission. Although Perspective will publish gladly, the views are not necessarily that of PALS who will…
Right in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, some stakeholders came together in Rosendal in the Eastern Free State to plan for a long-term agricultural business. This was David Matobako,…
Tsolo Mopeli was appointed as the new vice chairperson. Tsolo is a new-era farmer in Warden, Eastern Free State farming with livestock, maize, soya-beans and dry-beans. Being the youngest member…
Over the years here at PALS we have done all we could to convince the world out there, from farmers to politicians, that PALS is the real McCoy. Now people…
Inclusive farming where emerging farmers are mentored to come of age and instant gratification are certainly mutually exclusive concepts. In fact to succeed takes a long and winding road as…
The PALS formula’s successful design relies on strict and proven business and legal principals. It is so well though out, in fact one can say it is a clinical procedure.…
PALS, oftewel die Partners in Agri Land Solutions, is lankal nie meer net ’n Witzenberg-projek nie. Landwyd word die suksessyfers van Eyethu Intaba, waar ’n vervierdubbeling van waarde sonder ’n…
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…
They were there in the Ceres Valley Church Hall on 17 November. Since May this year they had regular meetings and discussions regarding their future as pig farmers. This meeting on the evening of 17…
Experts in strategic management have consensus that for an organisation to be successful, the key role-players in the organisation need to make the appropriate strategic choices at the right time.…
Agriculture poses unique challenges to smaller commercial and black-owned farmers looking to grow their operations – which is a crucial objective in order to create increased participation in the agricultural…
Hein Jurries is today the chairman of the trustees of the successful empowerment farm Harmony in the Koue Bokkeveld and a board member of PALS. It all began because he…