The extractives industry is notorious for its negative impact on the environment and host communities. With investors waiting in the wings to cash in on…
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Tea production could well be the sweetener a South Africa grappling with unemployment especially in rural areas needs to revive an ailing economy. The Limpopo…
He is only 27 years old but already Mpho Mpfuni owns two farms with a combined size of 22
hectares and processes the organic chillies grown on the farm to produce a sauce that’s now
in retail stores in three different provinces.
Agro- processing remains in the hands of big business but Limpopo entrepreneur and farmer
Tebogo Maepa decided to take the road less travelled when she ventured into the business
of cherry pepper production.
Maepa who leads the 100% black female owned Deutronomeo co-operative which is also
known as DEU foods was recently crowned the Top Female Entrepreneur in the Female
Farmer of the Year awards under the processing category at the local, district and provincial
levels.