Development and Transformation
Hot Agri jobs up for grabs
How do you attract the next generation to the wine industry? Take the message to them, smash stereotypes and show them the sky’s the limit. With a drop in the uptake of new students in wine-related fields, the wine industry is actively working...
Get up to date with learning and development
The learning and development (L&D) desk of the wine industry, which is situated at Winetech, is responsible for the implementation of the L&D strategy. The strategy includes that all employees have access to occupational development with the purpose...
Vineyard worker skills survey
A survey was conducted as a pilot project to investigate the application of a newly developed competence dictionary developed for vineyard workers in determining skills development needs. The dictionary is based on the Vinpro courses for vineyard workers and was...
Professionalism beckons for the wine industry
In the wine industry, a number of representative organisations and entities focus on the promotion of the industry among specific interest groups. One of the priorities in the learning and development strategy is to register Winetech with the South African...
AfCFTA: Free trade game changer for Africa
Africa is quietly piecing together the world’s largest free trade zone, which could be a real gamechanger for the continent. But what does it mean for wine exporters looking to expand their African footprint? Anton Pretorius investigates. An African...
Justin Mugwaneza: Kigali success story
Justin Mugwaneza graduated with a degree in human resources at Kigali Institute of Science, Technology and Management in Rwanda. In 2006, aged 25, he moved to South Africa for his practical hospitality training at The Saxon Hotel, Villas & Spa in...