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Tebogo Nyathela, – African Farming

Vegetable Farmer – Tebogo Nyathela, Kgomo-kgomo, North West We planted baby marrows and are currently preparing the soil for our pepper seedlings. We grow yellow and red peppers under shade nets and in tunnels as our main crops. We plant Rubistar and Diva varieties. The Diva from Stark Ayres is a hybrid sweet pepper with […]

Kea Mnguni – African Farming

Livestock farmer – Kea Mnguni, Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng It’s weaning season for us and we are busy separating the weaners from the mothers. We move the mothers out of the camp and we take the calves to a distant camp. It takes between seven and 14 days for the calves toadjust to the fact they are […]

Cheerleading in Business — Lionesses of Africa

by Tatenda Rungisa A Cheerleader is someone who gives you confidence by reinforcing all the things that you seek to achieve, have achieved, and that you are good at. A cheerleader is someone who holds your hand from the beginning till the very end of the game, whether you have won or lost; they see you […]

It Feels Dark and Scary! — Lionesses of Africa

by Nontobeko Mbuyane This week I had a heart to heart conversation with my younger daughter. Such conversations are usually deep and it’s from them that I get to ascertain so many things about her such as her feelings, how she perceives things and a whole lot that is going on in our lives. So, […]