Development and Transformation
A fairer future becomes a reality
Fairhills Association, the world’s largest wine industry Fairtrade project, played host to the inaugural Human Rights Day initiative at their Rawsonville site. And it was clear that even though Fairtrade awareness is at an all time high, there are many people with big...
First impressions
The crossing just before the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West is trade-wise probably one of busiest in the Winelands. The diversity of products varies from plastic bags and garden gnomes to blackberry chargers. Impressive, until you’ve seen the informal sector on...
Creating viable Black Economic Empowerment initiatives on the primary producer level in the South African Wine Industry: Part 5
Creating viable Black Economic Empowerment initiatives on the primary producer level in the South African Wine Industry: Part 4
Creating viable Black Economic Empowerment initiatives on the primary producer level in the South African Wine Industry: Part 3
Creating viable Black Economic Empowerment initiatives on the primary producer level in the South African Wine Industry: Part 2
Creating viable Black Economic Empowerment initiatives on the primary producer level in the South African Wine Industry: Part 1
This article is the first in a series of five articles on a research study that was done towards a Master’s degree in Wine Business Management at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town (see references) The first article is a summary of the...
constitution road – Firmly on the BEE way
These days, the dynamic Robertson Winery boasts having a diverse portfolio of products with rapidly climbing sales that places it among the country’s largest wine cellars. At the top end of that portfolio is the Constitution Road range, whose name derives from the...Eksteenskuil and Realaboga farmers learn aerial grafting
Emerging farmers from the Eksteenskuil community in the Keimoes district and the empowerment farm Realaboga at Kanoneiland are increasingly establishing grafted wine and raisin grapevines. To substitute dead scions in young vineyards with replacement vines is...
Wida ready to address wine industry transformation
Transformation of the wine industry can only be achieved if sustainable new ownership is encouraged and supported, poverty alleviation is pro-actively addressed and if skills development is embarked upon as a critical imperative. This was said by Willie Williams,...Groot belegging in US Wingerd- en Wynkunde
Met ’n aansienlike belegging in die opgradering van die JH Neethling-gebou – die tuiste van die US se Departement Wingerd- en Wynkunde en die Instituut vir Wynbiotegnologie; die goedkeuring van ’n nuwe kurrikulum en die aanstelling van ’n Franse professor, woel...
SAWID 2019
