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For the novice cook producing a classic chicken � la king is one of the marks of future greatness...To take this classic off the launching pad and into the stratosphere, this recipe adds one powerful ingredient: fresh prawns, out of the shell, augmented with garlic and extra-virgin olive oil.
Issue Date: 9 March 2007

Vast areas of Pondoland in the Eastern Cape remain unutilised despite its huge potential.
Issue Date: 9 March 2007

Roll your own pectin-enhanced fig jam
Issue date: 2 March 2007

Bach flower remedies work by balancing the positive and negative energies within the body being treated. Bach's concepts of diagnosis were not based on physical symptoms, but exclusively on the states of disharmony in the soul, or negative feelings.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

Question a farmer on finance … at worst you will get a glassy-eyed look of total non-comprehension. Question a farmer about the four strokes of an internal combustion engine, and you will get an answer with speed, interest and passion...
Issue date: 2 March 2007

When English or Scottish pigeon fanciers look at the video footage of the missiles in battle at the Sun City Superbowl at the final of the 11th Million Dollar Pigeon Race, they would say: they're travelling a wee bit in a hurry, aren't they?
Issue date: 2 March 2007

Since 2003 the use of apparel wool as an end product has dropped by 20% worldwide. Fortunately the decline in Europe and Japan has been offset by better consumption in the US, China and Korea. Local production of wool finer than 25 micron is down to about 45 million kilograms against 97 million kilograms in 1990. General manager of Cape Wools, André Strydom talks to Roelof Bezuidenhout about changes in the wool industry.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

'South Africa probably also needs legislation to limit the power and role of the retail chains.'
Issue date: 2 March 2007

It is accepted practice that the seller of a property appoints the conveyance attorney. Dr Theo de Jager, chairperson of Agri SA's Land Affairs Committee, looks at the consequences of land claims commissioners in Limpopo and Mpumalanga insisting that the state appoint the conveyancers in land claims cases, including an alarming decline in the number of landowners prepared to be 'willing sellers'.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

Cummins South Africa, the local branch of the international diesel engine manufacturing company, has increased the level of service support for Cummins engines fitted to agricultural equipment.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

A problem with hydroponics is dealing with nutrient build-ups and water salinity. Instead of using more water to flush away excess salts, recycling and filtering deals with the problem while using less water - a real win-win solution. Glenneis Erasmus reports.
Issue date: 2 March 2007

A group of men and women in Cala in the former Transkei have managed to transform one hectare of ground into a diversified agricultural unit by using seedling production as their base. Mike Burgess visits Siyavuselela Agricultural Cooperative and finds that admirable progress has been made despite certain challenges that still need to be addressed.