I also have two daughters who need to know that women can inspire, deliver, overcome and win. Ann Leepile is the managing director of Absa asset management and has managed, quite literally, to transform the entire team. Thanks to her...
Having grown up on a farm, I have always loved agriculture. Born and raised in Wellington, it is not not only a love of agriculture but, more specifically, “farming in an ethical, humane way”, which led Groenewald to establish Elgin...
Everytime someone thinks about a farmer, they see an old man in his khaki shorts, which are dirty — not very interesting. Young people say they can’t do farming because they think it’s so dirty. If you want the youth...
Knowing that I am making a difference in people’s lives and that our research is solving problems and providing critical solutions to the agricultural and food industries is so rewarding. For 60-year-old agricultural scientist Lise Korsten, the way pathogens move...
Late last year I decided to exit government — I knew that one of the gaps that existed in the land and agriculture sector was a mechanism to bring together the public and private sectors. Working at Bigen where I...
