Old Mutual’s Masisizane Fund celebrates 12 years of building SMME’s and empowering South Africans
Old Mutual’s Masisizane Fund established in 2007, celebrated its 12th Anniversary on 23 July 2019 by proudly showcasing the achievements of the small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) they are currently partnering with for success.
An account of a morning with the Masisizane Fund
We received (and accepted) the invitation from Nontobeko Vilakati for the 2019 Masisizane Fund Annual Client Market Day.
More readers write (a sample of recent requests)
Following on from the previous reader’s letter we focused on, here are some more samples of what readers are asking.
Commercial farmers: brainstorming solutions
Last week the media was invited to the TLU SA Economic Sustainability Summit.
An alternative to Durban
The Citrus Growers Association of Southern Africa is looking at moving away from Durban to Cape Town as the export point for the country’s citrus, Landbouweekblad reports today.
The main obstacle for the smooth running of affairs at Durban is the maintenance of infrastructure (or lack thereof). It is no good that attention is given to it only once infrastructure breaks. Incomplete or broken electrical points, for example, are a challenge for the coldchain, and harbour cranes’ functionality are a source of frustration.
Agbiz: Three practical steps to make the SONA vision a reality
The State of the Nation address delivered by President Ramaphosa set out five fundamental goals for South Africa. Three of these goals, namely eliminating hunger, growing the economy faster than the population growth rate and creating 2 million job opportunities, are partially premised on economic growth in the agricultural and agribusiness subsectors.
Jobs Fund assists Sekororo farmers to find markets for their produce
A programme supported by the Jobs Fund’s is benefitting black small-scale farmers in Sekororo, a rural community in Limpopo province that produces food that is sold all over South Africa.
Exporting: 8 lessons from tiny Holland
One can understand the United States of America, straddling a continent from Pacific to Atlantic Ocean, being the world’s biggest agricultural exporter, but how does the Netherlands (also called Holland), a country 273 times smaller than the USA, come in at position 2?
A reader from Limpopo writes in
We receive some ten emails a week from people looking for help on one agricultural issue or another. It was when we received two in succession about pigs that we decided to do an article.
New cabinet, cool heads?
The face of Thoko Didiza greeted anyone who opened the 2004/2005 National Agricultural Directory and its Afrikaans brother, the Nasionale Landbougids, our first agricultural publication. At that time Didiza was the Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs, a position she retained through two terms, from 1999 to 2006.