Now in their 13th year, the awards seek to acknowledge, encourage and to promote the participation of women in the agricultural sector.
The department of agriculture, forestry and fisheries affairs’s Female Entrepreneur Awards (FEA) programme started 13 years ago.
Comment by Tina Joemat-Pettersson
Armed with hoes and spades, women are taking the lead in the fight for food security and the eradication of poverty.
The government wants the country’s poorest communities to be able to produce food or fish for their own consumption.
The recent proposed amendments to the Marine Living Resources Act seek to sustain South Africa’s fishing resources.
Ikateleng enriches the lives of more than 20 000 children from disadvantaged communities.
North-West University gets a unique clinic.