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Day 1, Friday, 3 July: Grateful for every step

For our first adventure, my family and I joined the Troost family to hike part of the Tsitsikamma Hiking Trail. Between us, our children range in age from 10 to 15 years.

This wasn’t my first time on the trail. I walked it over New Year’s about 20 years ago, before children, and with my now brother- and si...


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Platforms like Livestock Wealth are letting anyone from urban professionals to rural communities buy into cattle, blueberries, and macadamias, without owning a farm. The concept is compelling. But before you transfer funds, here is what you need to understand.

Imagine buying a pregnant cow. Not through a fund, not via a share certificate, but an actual animal, tagged a...


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Visitors to Domein Doornkraal Guest Farm outside the De Rust village in the Klein Karoo are usually tickled pink in two ways.

Their hosts, the Le Roux family, make a fine semi-sweet sparkling wine using Muscadel grapes that is a perfect drink for a picnic on a hot summer’s day.

Unsurprisingly, it is labelled ‘Tickled Pink’ and it comes complete with an artist’s ...


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According to Dawie de Villiers, director of the South African Rooibos Council (SARC), access to new international markets is an important milestone for the industry because sustainable growth depends on strong consumer demand.

“Access to any new market is always welcome. [Reaching] new consumers is also very welcome. Without demand, you can’t really grow the ind...


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When the Agricultural Research Council announced the winner of the 2025 National Beef Cattle Improvement Herd of the Year award, the recipient was not from a cattle farming region, but an area rather known for its small-stock.

Christo Rothmann, operating Bushman’s Mountain Tuli out of the Nama-Karoo near Venterstad in the Eastern Cape, says that a need arose to move aw...


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