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Buhle honoured to receive Isaac Motaung Award

31st July 2020

The Buhle Farmers’ Academy is honoured to have received the inaugural Isaac Motaung Award, in memory of an inspiring South African. Mr Motaung was a businessman and humanitarian with a keen interest in and thorough understanding of cattle farming. A former HR director of Pick ‘n Pay, Mr Motaung was also a trustee of the […]

Stars of Buhle grow a thriving agribusiness

8th April 2019

Brothers November and Jerimiah Nkosi had no farming skills whatsoever when they were granted a 1500ha farm in Amersfoort, Mpumalanga, by the Department of Land Reform, in 2007. However, they were determined to become successful farmers. It has taken many years, but the Nkosi brothers have overcome a host of obstacles and their perseverance has […]

Livestock bursaries: limited time offer

1st June 2018

  Are you keen on gaining the skills you need to farm livestock – cattle, sheep, goats and / or pigs – but concerned about the cost? Buhle Farmers’ Academy is offering bursaries to three young women for our next livestock course, 9 July – 14 September, at our campus in Delmas, Mpumalanga. To qualify: […]

Lerato – a land reform success story

6th March 2018

Buhle graduate Lerato Senakhomo, who year received the Star of Buhle award last year – an award given each year to an extraordinary graduate – is a model of perseverance. “My dad was retrenched in 2010, and we had to sell the plot we owned,” Lerato remembers. “Then we rented, which was very difficult, as […]