Category : Opinion

By Ingrid Louw : Aware.org CEO The South African alcohol industry has gone through a serious period  of reflection  with regards  to responsible trade during COVID-19. The sector is forced to relook  and reinforce continued and  consistent  responsible trading  in South Africa. The industry is faced with  challenges  that  are compelling  it to strengthen its trading regulations in the fight against the scourge...

In the midst of an unprecedented economic and health crisis one sector in our economy has outshone the rest. The agricultural sector expanded by almost...

 By Kuziva Mtawarira, Psychologist and Director of The Beast Foundation The month of October is declared Mental Health Awareness Month with the objective of not...

Thebe Mochokoko, the CEO of TAP Foods, a food distribution and processing company based in Free  State, shares with us the impact Thebe’s support has had on business. Mr Mochochoko is one of the  agroprocessors that Thebe Investment Corporation (TIC) supported to be included in the procurement  and value-chain of one of its subsidiaries, COMPASS Group (now known as EMPACT Group).    Besides supplying Empact group, one of Thebe’s subsidiary, TAP Foods is contributing to job creation  in the community. TIC assisted this business with a secured market, a springboard for the business to  grow, a much-needed support to farmers. TIC has played that catalytic role for TAP Foods, this is a role  TIC hopes to play in uplifting other smaller companies to grow their businesses, contributing to  transformation in the relevant sectors.     What inspired you to get into Farming? Has farming always been your passion?  My father an Agricultural/Civil Engineer was my main inspiration in my decision to become involved with  agriculture. When I was young barely 10 years old my main duties and chores were on the farm. My  weekends and holidays consisted of a lot of farming experience. That is where I learnt to appreciate the  planting and growing of plants and rearing of livestock.      Tell us more about your farming enterprise. TAP Foods is in the foodservice business as a Food Distribution and processor. At the moment we  primarily focus on vegetable commodities and to a lesser extent other dry goods. We supply hospitals,  schools, restaurants and prisons. We also do primary production on the farm which assists with  supplementing the capacity for required commodities and by this improves our profit margins since it’s  our own produce. We would actually like to expand this so that it can also be a training farm for  students coming from the universities and colleges that require experiential training (on the job training).   ...

With the rising numbers of teenage pregnancies in Kenya, most parents have opted in providing  teenage  girls with contraceptives with the hope of to decreasing ...

by Bridgit Evans, SAB Foundation Director As consumers become more socially conscious, businesses around the world have increasingly taken up the call to address social...

by Andiswa Bata:  FNB Business Regional Head – Gauteng South West Digital business technology is progressing all the time; becoming faster, more capable and cheaper....

October is an important month – it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and we have just released the book My Best Worst Year – A...

By Jorge Mendes, Chief Officer of Vodacom Consumer Business September is International Deaf Awareness month, in commemoration of the first World Congress of the World...

Author: Rachel Green and Wendy Rhodes Depression is a common mental health issue, affecting 16.2 million adults in the U.S. – that is 6.7 percent...