food garden

Play Your Part episode 15: synopsis

Get a sneak peek of episode 15 of Play Your Part, which focuses on people promoting environmental education and agriculture. Brand South Africa reporter Aluwani Netshia,...

Two South African community garden heroes give back to the people

Two recent acts of horticultural heroism that represent the true meaning of ubuntu are inspiring South Africans to give back to the community and...

Meet South Africa’s Queen of Boerewors

Limpopo butchery manager Queen Mathebula is the winner of the 2017 Shoprite Checkers Championship Boerewors competition, the annual heritage event dedicated to finding the...

Mamas move for health awareness

Clover ThumbThe Clover Mama Afrika project has 41 Mamas throughout South Africa who care for more than 15 500 children and 2 500 elderly people by providing nutritious food daily.

Micro-farmers harvest a future

harvest thumbUrban farmers in Cape Town's townships grow fresh vegetables for their own tables, and sell their produce to provide an income for their families.

Chapel Street School food garden serves many purposes

edible---thumbThe large food garden at Chapel Street Primary School in Cape Town produces 10kg of fresh produce daily, which supplements the school feeding scheme. The garden is also used in the biology curriculum, to offer gardening as an extramural, and as a way to teach the children about caring.

Moving Gauteng forward in 2015: the State of the Province Address

In his State of the Province Address delivered on Monday 23 February, Gauteng Premier David Makhura outlined his government's plans to transform, modernise and reindustrialise the most economically developed region in Africa. Read the full speech here.

A better way with the help of Clover

clover-mamas---thumbTo celebrate a decade of the Clover Mama Afrika project, Clover visited 40 projects funded by its flagship CSI project over 4 months. Beginning in Gauteng in August and ending in the Free State, the roadshow travelled 10 522 km evaluating projects as it went along.

City of Joburg by-law promotes greening

City of Johannesburg residents who want to add alterations to their existing houses or build new structures will have to add "green’ features for their plans to be approved by City authorities.

City of Joburg by-law promotes greening

City of Johannesburg residents who want to add alterations to their existing houses or build new structures will have to add "green’ features for their plans to be approved by City authorities.