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…
ARTICLES ABOUT SA PALS
AND THE PALS REGIONS AND ENTERPRISES
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…
Half a century’s worth of wisdom
Naas van der Merwe has been involved in primary agriculture for 50 odd years and has seen and experienced a lot. Today he is chairman of the Ceres Business Initiative…
1994 revisited
The year 1994 was a milestone in the history of South Africa. The year Nelson Mandela became president. The year total democracy was born. So much has happened in the…
What is the state of PALS in the Free State?
Good progress with projects, connecting with important role players and establishing local capacity regarding legal services has been made. During a board meeting of Maluti Farming Pals on 29 September…
An outside perspective – Barend La Grange 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…
Farmer’s Weekly: 3 minutes with Gerrit van Vuuren
3 minutes with Gerrit van Vuuren Founder and strategic adviser, Partners in Agri Land Solutions Farmer's Weekly (South Africa), 1 October 2021 If you were given R30 million to invest…
Farmer’s Weekly: ‘Practical solutions will bring change for farmers’
Farmer's Weekly (South Africa), 24 Sep 2021 Partners in Agri Land Solutions (PALS) has made good progress with expansions over the past year, not only in the Western Cape but…
Availing a farm for the future and growth of the wine industry
Mechau Viljoen of Eilandia Plase between Worcester and Robertson had a dream. His vision was to assist the land reform and transformation initiative in the South African wine industry. However,…
Outside Perspective: Wandile Sihlobo
“Private-public-partnership approaches are key to the growth and expansion of South Africa’s agricultural economy, and PALS has the ingredients for this to work.”
