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Calling for more risk-takers

Recently, while driving between Jamestown and Molteno in the Eastern Cape on our way to visit my in-laws, my family and I came upon an astonishing sight – scores of people cutting grass and picking up litter.

Social media can work for your business

If you have an agricultural service or product to sell, you need social media.

Are we nurturing our future farmers?

The matric results confirmed that my son’s career choice of becoming an engineer (he wants to build robots) is a good one.

Shopping at online app stores

Some apps are available only in certain countries, so a change in ID is needed.

Keep your eyes on the future

This time last year, large parts of South Africa were experiencing a drought said to be the worst in living memory.

Let’s join the renewable energy bandwagon

With the latest spate of load shedding on everyone’s lips, I once again realised it’s a crying shame that we don’t harness sunny and windy South Africa’s potential to be a leader in this field.

Carols by candlelight – in more ways than one!

I love to sing and I love the glow of candles, so, unsurprisingly, I enjoy carols by candlelight.

What’s in a brand?

Knowing what brand of wine we are drinking influences most of us in how we taste and enjoy it.

Transformation: is everyone on board?

Depending on whom you ask, Theo de Jager’s being voted out of the deputy presidency at AgriSA can be interpreted as anything from serious internal differences within the organisation to one man simply being more popular than another.

Can we afford a national minimum wage?

As thousands of matriculants and university students sit down to write their final exams, I bet they’re thinking about the day they can begin making their own way in the world.

Change: are you up to speed?

Change is never easy. It’s far less stressful to stick to the familiar.

It’s about seeking solutions

It is often said that the most innovative and creative solutions to problems are found during tough times. And in many cases, new solutions change the way we live or do business.

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