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Limpopo
Load shedding and borehole pumps — get a generator
During stage 6 last year our cattle went 8 hours without water because the borehole pump is electric. I bought a second-hand 7.5kVA diesel generato...
Pieter van der Merwe
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1 day ago
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Eastern Cape
Wild rosemary (kapokbos) — the Karoo's hidden cash crop
We harvest wild rosemary from 40 hectares of natural veld. Sun-dry it and sell to herb buyers in Cape Town. Zero input cost — it grows wild. We get...
Johan Botha
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4 days ago
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Gauteng
Record keeping changed my farm
I used to keep everything in a notebook. Missed expenses at tax time, forgot spray dates, couldn't tell which tunnel was more profitable. Since I s...
Thandiwe Nkosi
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5 days ago