AGRI-PULSE – VRYBURG - What started as a love of gardening in her childhood has now developed into a growing flower and vegetable business on Kameel outside Vryburg. For Elandri de Klerk, founder of El de Fleur, the inspiration began early in her life with her grandmother, Bettie Odendaal, who lived with their family for a time. She remembers how her grandmother’s love of gardening, flowers and nature made a lasting impression on her. “It was during long walks in the garden that my love of flowers and gardening began to develop,” says de Klerk. “My grandmother always shared her wisdom calmly and sincerely.”
Jaarlikse Nampo is hier!
AGRI PULSE – BOTHAVILLE - In ’n tyd waar landbou toenemend onder druk funksioneer - van klimaatsveranderlikheid en stygende insetkoste tot mark- en beleids-onsekerheid - verskuif die fokus in 2026 na een kernbeginsel: veerkragtigheid.
Growing quality crops more efficiently
AGRI-PULSE – ZEERUST - A refurbished irrigation system was recently handed over to the Motlhaka Horticulture Farm, enabling community farmers to grow quality crops more efficiently, conserve water and deliver their produce to local markets much quicker.
Vakleerlingskap maak deure oop vir SA-jeug
AGRI-PULSE – NOORD-KAAP - Statistiek vrygestel deur Stats SA dui daarop dat jeugwerkloosheid steeds ‘n krisis is wat Suid-Afrika diep raak.
Werkloosheid het in die vierde kwartaal van verlede jaar op 31,4% gestaan, terwyl die koers vir ouderdomme 15–34 op 43,8% gestaan het, wat onder die hoogste ter wêreld is - byna 5,8 miljoen jongmense wat nie die arbeidsmark kan betree nie.
“’n Belangrike uitdaging is dat jongmense sukkel om hul eerste werk te kry. Dit vang hulle vas in ‘n siklus waar werkgewers ervaring eis, maar jongmense het dit nie,” verduidelik Cindy Nkgoeng, HR-bestuurder by Beefmaster Group.
“Terwyl jeugwerkloosheid beide mans en vroue raak, staar jong vroue dikwels bykomende hindernisse in die gesig om die arbeidsmag te betree,” sê Nkgoeng. “In baie gevalle het hulle minder geleenthede om praktiese werkplekervaring op te doen.”
Financial pressure pinches producers
AGRI-PULSE – LICHTENBURG - Although summer grain areas in large parts of the country are currently showing reasonable to good standing, Grain SA warns that the real crisis this season lies not only in the fields, but in the harsh economic reality of grain production. Producers are experiencing increasing stress due to a combination of low grain prices, sharply rising input costs, excessive mechanisation expenditure and the extra cost of transplants after waterlogging and stand damage.
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