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Agriculture & Land Reform
The search for SA’s biggest pumpkin is on More than 50 pumpkin growers are getting ready to participate in the annual Giant Pumpkin Festival at the Heidelberg Showgrounds in the Western Cape on 23 and 24 March 2018. Often weighing in excess of 300kg, these giant pumpkins will compete to be crowned the 2018 champion...
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GENOEG IS GENOEG by Steuart Pennington Although I’m dressed in black, as is my wife and daughter, and although I live in an agricultural community in the KZN Midlands I feel, on this perfect summer’s day, somewhat removed from the agony of many of my compatriots as they gather to demonstrate the terrible violence perpetrated...
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Africa’s leaders have agreed to end hunger and cut poverty in half by 2025 with the signing of the Malabo Declaration at the 23rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government last month. “Accelerated growth is essential if Africans at all levels are to achieve their aspirations for...
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The R3 billion Jeffreys Bay wind farm in the Eastern Cape, comprising sixty 80-metre high turbines spread over 3 700 hectares, will supply enough clean, renewable electricity to power more than 100 000 homes a year. Image from: Jeffrey’s Bay wind farm – from Mainstream renewable power on Flickr   Built by a consortium led...
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Two University of Johannesburg lecturers have embarked on a multi-stakeholder engagement project that aims to create opportunities for urban agriculture – in a sustainable food system for Soweto. The project, titled Izindaba Zokudla (Conversations about Food) is part of the university’s Design Society Development within the faculty of art, design and architecture. The pilot project...
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Indibano, an Economic Development Implementation Organisation, is achieving significant results across the Eastern Cape by creating opportunities that enable underprivileged people to support and sustain themselves. Indibano’s collaborative efforts with The Kula Investment Group, Phambili Vuma Investments and PwC   (PricewaterhouseCoopers) have initiated several agriculturally-focused projects that promise to have a lasting impact in rural...
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The Manyeding Agricultural Co-operative project is successfully winning the fight against hunger and poverty in communities near Kuruman in South African’s Northern Cape province. “The demand for our produce from the neighbouring villages is very high, and with the support that we are getting from both government and the private sector, this agricultural project will...
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Steuart as a speaker

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Steuart has done some 500 talks on South Africa’s progress since 1994 and SA’s prospects for the future

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