Far-flung areas ready for factories, agricultural initiatives, says Mabuza By Zine George - 20 July 2018 Deputy President David Mabuza says building factories and agroprocessing centres in rural areas is key to making these areas economically viable. “The revitalisation of township and rural economies is no longer about...
You have to be a really hard nut to crack yourself, if you want to make it as a macadamia nut farmer, says Cowan Skelem, one of the leading people behind Ncera Macadamia Farming (NMF), near East London. For, the strongest determination, is what it...
13 July 2016 - They destroyed farm implements including water pipes, wrecked the nursery and set plants alight, causing damage to the tune of R595000. Speaking to the Daily Dispatch, Cele said the macadamia nut project had the potential to overtake sugar cane in KwaZulu-Natal and...
22 June 2106 - Reports of members of the Ncera community vandalising a R100-million investment by government into a Macadamia plantation because of alleged differences among those involved (DD, March 15 and 16) are both disturbing and devastating for the Macadamia industry in the Eastern Cape. Ncera...
16 June 2016 - Armed with axes and bush cutters, they allegedly cut through the Ncera Macadamia Farm’s (NMF) tall fences and ripped open water connections before setting alight farm sheds. The rampage, which was stopped by Kidd’s Beach police, was sparked as a result of...
15 June 2016 - Angry Eastern Cape residents have destroyed parts of a macadamia nut project into which government has poured more than R100-million. Ncera residents, near Kidd’s Beach just outside East London, armed with axes and bush cutters, allegedly cut through the Ncera Macadamia Farm’s (NMF)...
25 July 2014 - The Western Cape has the winelands, KwaZulu-Natal has sugarcane and now the Eastern Cape wants to be known for the massive production of macadamia nuts. With 4200 hectares of land targeted for macadamia production in the coastal belt between East London and...
25 May 2013 - Local community is sharing in benefits of macadamia project RESIDENTS of Ncera village near Kidds Beach used the launch of the Ncera Macadamia Farm (NMF) on Thursday to honour managing director Wayne Simpson, whom they said is the brains behind the project. Located...