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…
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An outside perspective – Christo van der Rheede on PALS
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…
Maluti Asparagus Company gains momentum
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,…
Maluti Farming PALS appoints new vice chairperson
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…
Just do it
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…
Good, better, Bestwill
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…
Because it makes you happy
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.…
Landbouweekblad: PALS bekyk ook groen energie
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…
La Vouere links up with FNB
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…
PALS and the Mpumalanga berries
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…
Repair the disrepair – the PALS philosophy
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…
An outside perspective – Chris Burgess on PALS
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…
In honour of oom Tommy, the show is going on at Bambisane
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…
Maluti Farming PALS appoints General Manager
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…
Breaking news! Joyene Isaacs joins PALS SA board as independent director
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…
African Farming: The partnership that made a dream come true
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…
Nduli pig farm in the making
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…
Success is a strategic alliance — Prof Marius Ungerer
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.…
Overcoming agriculture’s unique challenges – a FNB story
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…
The secret is to be in Harmony
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…