Posts Tagged ‘#agripreneur’
Bongi’s business skills and determination – a winning combination
Bongeka Mahlasela’s journey in poultry farming is a remarkable story of determination, growth, and the value of farm and business management skills. Bongi completed a Poultry Production course at Buhle in 2022, in our partnership with Sasol, the Department of Agriculture and the African Farmers Association of South Africa. To house her first 100 chicks […]
Training and support – the backbone of my farming business
Purity Jakie (28) worked as a software developer for many years. Then Covid hit and, while working from home, she began to pursue her childhood passion – growing vegetables. “I found myself missing Teams meetings because I was too engrossed in selling my produce outside my house!” she says, smiling. Giving up her job was […]
“If you’ve got land, you’ve got a job.”
Thandi Sithole (38) and her husband, also a farmer, make a decent enough profit to support their two sons – “and even to pay for my trip to run the Comrades Marathon this year for the Evander Athletics Club,” she says, laughing happily. And yes, this energetic and hard-working farmer did finish the Comrades, to […]
Food for Mzansi reports how Buhle entices youth to farming
This Food for Mzansi story documents how Buhle continues to entice young people to farming as a profitable and sustainable career. Our non-profit organisation has made great strides in increasing youth participation in our training courses: we have trained a total of 1115 farmers in the past three years, a whopping 966, or 89% of […]
Nhlanhla Is In Love With Agriculture – And Creating Jobs
Buhle graduate Nhlanhla Ngwenya (28) formerly studied human resources and ran a construction company. Now she is “in love” with agriculture and passionate about creating jobs. “I didn’t love farming before I studied at Buhle, but now I do. The peacefulness of it gives me peace of mind and, most of all, I am very […]
Sasol partners with Buhle for Bridge to Work
Sasol’s Bridge to Work programme, which aims to to improve food security and reduce unemployment, was launched on Tuesday 30 August 2022 at the Sasol Recreation Club in Secunda. Buhle is a partner in the programme, along with other organisations including the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land and Environmental Affairs in Mpumalanga, the […]
Tsholo inspires in the Daily Sun
Our graduate Tsholofelo Mokwele continues to inspire us all with her dedication, hard work and can-do attitude, which are reaping substantial success for her farming business TCM Squared. Check our her story published this Women’s Month, August 2022, in the Daily Sun (Pic below is from the Daily Sun story). Sky is the limit for […]
“I like the fact that I can give other people jobs and put food on their tables.”
Kopano Matseoane (36) wishes she had started farming much earlier, instead of working at her previous jobs in IT and as a business analyst, as she could have advanced even further by now. “Farming is a lot of work but it’s interesting, and it’s liberating to be your own boss,” says the owner of Kopanomatseoane […]
Xoli reflects on the power of excellent marketing
Buhle farmer Nomxoliswa Makhabane (35) is ensuring that her organic farming business is a strong success. Not only does she put in the hard legwork of farming, continually expanding her farming ventures; she also understands the importance of powerful marketing. Xoli, as she is known for short, sells her spinach with a label she designed […]
Tisetso leaps from “zero knowledge about farming” to a harvest of plenty
Before enrolling at Buhle, Tisetso Mkhwanazi (30) had ”zero knowledge about farming,” she admits, although her enthusiasm was resulting in intermittent sales – even during the Covid-19 lockdown – from the vegetables she grew on her small plot. Tisetso received start-up funding for her farm in Benoni, Gauteng, in a project with our partner Sodexo. […]