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Baie geluk aan Wessel Wessels van Brackenfell,
wie se foto “Plaasoggend” aan hom ‘n eerste
plek in die Januarie-kompetisie besorg het.
Hiermee het hy vir homself R1 500 kontant,
met komplimente van Sasol, losgeslaan.
AKTUEEL
Fotokompetisie
Dierbare heimwee
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aie dankie vir die mooi en nostalgiese foto’s wat julle in-
stuur. Mnr Marthinus Bartlett van Vrede het ‘n baie mooi
brief saam met sy foto ingestuur, waarin hy vertel hoe hy
sewe jaar lank vir sy pa moes werk voordat hy sy eie stuk-
kie grond besit het. Hoe hy ontwerf is en op sy eie, met ‘n lening,
weer begin het.
“Ek het toe darem elf Drakensberger-beeste besit en ek het oom
Senekal van die plaaslike room/eiersdepot op die dorp gaan sien.
Hy het ingestem om my te help met ‘n roomafskeier, wat ek
gedeeltelik elke maand sou afbetaal met die room wat ek lewer.
Elke Vrydag het ek die 5 gallon roomkan pad toe geneem en ‘n buur-
man het dit dorp toe geneem. Dit was bitter moeilike tye op die
plaas, maar nie een dag was die roomafskeier steeks om my te
help nie. Dit het ‘n ereplek hier by my. Ek is nou 78 jaar oud en dink
met heimwee en verlange terug na die lewe op die plaas.“
SA GRAAN/GRAIN
REDAKSIE
Tiani Claassen van Reitz stap hierdie maand met die derde plek weg vir
haar foto “Sekerlik ‘n staatmaker voor elektrisiteit en elektriese ketels”.
Die foto is geneem op die plaas Modderfontein in die Sutherland-distrik.
Die tweede plek gaan aan Francois Bothma van Theunissen vir sy foto
“’n Sentimentele verlange na en peinsende liefde vir die verlede”.
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r Omri van Zyl, executive director of Agri SA, was named
by CEO Global as last year’s Continental Winner at a
prestigious gala dinner held on 22 November at Midrand
Conference Centre, Johannesburg.
CEO Global, a business and professional services company, has
focussed on identifying and awarding Africa’s leading talent over
the past 16 years. Van Zyl was named as the continental winner
under the category of agriculture in their ‘Leading African Recogni-
tion Programme.’
The aim of the programme is to honour excellence in the private
and public sector. This programme covers 23 economic sectors
recognising leaders of excellence in their industry. According to
CEO Global’s chief executive, just under 5 000 nominations were
received from various economic sectors from across the continent
for the 2016 awards. It is indeed an achievement in its own right
just to be recognised as a continental finalist.
Nominees undergo a multi-tiered judging process. The judging
panel consists of four tiers and comprises 24 representatives from
across Africa with leading figures from the business and public sec-
tors. Quality assurance is provided by KPMG throughout the judging
process and the highest possible standard is maintained.
Continental winners will also be afforded the opportunity to join
the ‘Network of Influence’, which will give them access to develop-
mental tools and serves as a platform to bring together small and
medium enterprises with corporates and the public sector.
President of World Farmers
Organisation’s Audit Board
Van Zyl was also appointed as president of the World Farmers
Organisation’s (WFO) Audit Board at a meeting of the organisation
held on 23 January this year in Rome.
Agri SA is a member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and
hosted the First General Assembly of the newly established WFO
in South Africa during September 2011. WFO is an organisation
of agricultural producers that aims to strengthen producers’ posi-
tions within value chains, with a particular focus on smallholder
farmers. By advocating on behalf of producers and representing
their interest in international policy forums, WFO supports produc-
ers in better managing extreme price volatility, leveraging market
opportunities and timely access to market information.
Agri SA’S CEO honoured
THEA LIEBENBERG,
Agri SA
Omri van Zyl