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IKHOMISHINI yokuNcintisana izophenya imboni yezolimo igxile kakhulu kubalimi abakhiqiza amaveji nezithelo.

UNGQONGQOSHE wokuThuthukisa uMphakathi, ezoLimo, ukuThuthukisa iziNdawo zasemaKhaya neMvelo eGauteng uNks uMbali Hlophe wethule amadela angomahambanendlwana ayishumi.

ZIMBILI izinto eziholele umfuyi wezinkukhu nomlimi waseningizimu yaseThekwini kwezolimo – uyisemkhulu ongasekho nendawo adabuka kuyona.

UKUHLASELA kobhubhane iCOVID-19 kusazwela kwezinye izingxenye zemboni yezolimo kanti izinselelo le mboni ebhekene nazo sezengezwe yimpi yeRussia ne-Ukraine eholele ekushodeni kukagesi emhlabeni nokwehla kwamandla emali.

MANINGI amathuba okuchuma komsebenzi wabalimi nabafuyi kodwa kukhulu abangakuzuza uma besebenzisa ubuchwepheshe.

IMBONI yenkukhu yaseNingizimu Afrika imi ngomumo futhi inamandla yokusabalalisa inkukhu emhlabeni, nokho kunezingqinamba ezimbalwa eziyinqinda ukuthi idlondlobale ukusabalalisa inkukhu phesheya.

IMBONI yenkukhu yaseNingizimu Afrika imi ngomumo futhi inamandla yokusabalalisa inkukhu emhlabeni, nokho kunezingqinamba ezimbalwa eziyinqinda ukuthi idlondlobale ukusabalalisa inkukhu phesheya.

ABALIMI ababencishwe amathuba kungenzeka bahlomuhle ngoR6 billion eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo esikhwameni esisha esethulwe umNyango wezoLimo, ukuBuyiswa koMhlaba nokuThuthukiswa kweziNdawo zaseMakhaya ngokubambisana neBhange loMhlaba.

ABALIMI abatshalela ukuziphilisa bona nemindeni yabo bangasiza ukulwa nesihlava sokushoda kokudla ezindaweni ezisemakhaya nasemalokishini.

WAYEFISA ukuba wudokotela ohlola izidumbu kodwa akawatholanga amamaki anele ngesikhathi kuMatikuletsheni. Kwaba yiseluleko sikaninakhulu esamkhomba kwezolimo, umkhakha ayengawucabangi nhlobo kanti uzothola ubizo lwakhe.

BAPHEZU komkhono bonke eMaswele Farm. Abantu besifazane bamatasa bavuna u-green beans kudedangendlale wensimu. Eduze amadoda abeka ngononina amakesi katamatisi azolandwa ngamakhasimende.

NAKUBA uNkk uBusisiwe Mgangxela eqale ukusebenza eqeqesha onesi kodwa ugcine ebonile ukuthi ufisa ukuziphilisa ngokuzisebenza nokuzimela. Ugqugquzelwe nawuthando lwakhe lokudla okunomsoco nokusebenza embonini yezempilo ukusebenzisa ikhono lakhe kwezolimo.

ABAFUYI abasafufusa, izinhlangano zabalimi bathwele kanzima ngenxa yokuntshontshelwa imfuyo kanzima bayavumelana ukuthi loku kunomphumela omubi.

UMNYANGO wezoLimo, ukuVuselela uMhlaba nokuThuthukisa iziNdawo zasemaKhaya usuthembise iPhalamende ukuthi ukuchibiyela umthethosivivinyo obhekelela imikhiziqo yezolimo i-Agricultural Products Standards Amendment Bill kuzosiza abalimi abasafufusa abahluleka wukuthola amakhasimende kalula.

KUSUKELA esemncane ubezithanda ezolimo kanti nokukhuliswa wugogo owayezifela ngezolimo kwenza wazithanda kakhulu. Kwasheshe kwamcacela ukuthi wumkhakha lona obalulekile empilweni yomuntu.

UKUNGAWUTHOLI umsebenzi ngemva kokuwufundela kumenze wakhumbula uthando lwakhe lokutshala. UNksz uBongiwe Mchunu waseShowe, enyakatho yeKwaZulu-Natali, uqale ukulima ngo-2021 emva kokuphothula iziqu zokuba wunjiniyela kagesi. Ngale kothando lwakhe lokulima, uNksz Mchunu, … Read More

UJU alumnandi nje kuphela kodwa lunezinto eziningi ezisiza impilo njengokukuvikela ekutheni umqondo wakho ungaphazamiseki ukukhumbula izinto nokwelapha izilonda.

NAKUBA kujwayelekile ukuzwa ukuthi amabhizinisi amancane ayasokola futhi aze avalwe ngenxa yokucinywa kukagesi, amanye awo athola izindlela zokungaphinde athembele kugesi.

IKOMIDI lasePhalamemnde lezoLimo, ukuLungiswa koMhlaba nokuThuthukiswa kweziNdawo zaseMakhaya neKomidi lezokuQashwa nezokuSebenza asanda kuzwa indlela abalimi abangabelungu abaphatha ngayo izisebenzi ezingabantu abamnyama neziqashi emapulazini.

UTHANDO lwabo lokufuya izinkukhu lwaqala ngoSuku lweziThandani ngo-2019. Nakuba sebehlukumezeke kaningi oNkk uLebohang Dhludhlu nomnyeni wakhe uMnu uDumisani Dhludhlu kodwa babambelela othandweni lwabo lokufuya izinkukhu, olugcine luchamisele inqwaba yezinkukhu ezidida ukwenza manje.

UNQUME ukuhlanganisa uthando lwakhe lobuchwepheshe bamakhompyutha nolwezolimo ukuze asize izwe liyeke ukuthenga ukudla elingakwazi ukuzikhiqizela kona kwamanye amazwe.

KUBANTU abaningi ukudla okonakele nomunye udoti yizinto okufanele zilahlwe ngoba zisuke zingasenamsebenzi walutho. Kepha kunomlimi imfucuza eyigugu kuye njengoba ingenye yezinto azisebenzisayo ukuqhamuka nezindlela ezintsha zokulima, ezinempilo futhi ezivikela imvelo.

I-SOUTH African Association of Meat Importers and Exporters (i-AMIE) ikholwa wukuthi ukudayisela i-European Union inyama yenkukhu kuzodala amathuba okusimamisa le mboni eNingizimu Afrika.

EMVA kweminyaka ulindile, umphakathi waseMakhasaneni, KwaZulu-Natali, uthole amatayitela nezinsizakusebenza zokulima zenani elingaphezu kukaR1 billion. Kepha laba balimi sebenovalo lokuthi izinhlelo zabo zokukhula kwezolimo zingase ziphazanyiswe wukuthi kuhlongozwa umsebenzi wemayini endaweni.

UKHULE ecabanga ukuthi uyise “uyahlupheka” ngoba wayengaqashiwe njengabanye abantu. Kepha wavuleka amehlo ngonyaka ambona ngawo edayisa izinkomo ukuze abakhokhele esikoleni nezingane zakubo.

KUNINGI umlimi waseLimpopo akuthandayo nakufisayo njengokuguqula umhlaba osesigodini sakubo ukuthi ukwazi ukukhiqiza abazokudayisa ukulwa nobubha nokwakha amathuba emisebenzi.

WAYAZI ukuthi ngelinye ilanga uyoba nebhizinisi nokungakho engapholisanga maseko ngokuliqala njengoba kwathi eqeda enyuvesi lase likhona.

NGENKATHI abangani ababili baseGoli, eGauteng, beqala ipulazi labo lezinkukhu iTwin Chicks bakwenza begqugquzelwa wukufuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izizukulwane ezilandelayo zingantuli imali.

NGEMVA kokubona ukuthi ukulinda uhulumeni ukuthi unike abalimi abamnyama umhlaba kuwukulinda umnyama ongenafu, umlimi wesifazane waseLimpopo uthi wazilungiselela ukuthi abe wumlimi ongawasebenzi amakhemikhali ukulima.

MHLA uMnu uGodfrey Rasogo eqala ukuzwa ngokulima ngaphandle kokusebenzisa inhlabathi wafunda okuningi ngo-lettuce nokuthi unamuphi umsoco. Waqaphela ukuthi nakuba abantu babewudlela ukunciphisa umzimba kodwa wawungasuthusi ngendlela ababecabanga ngayo.

UKUZE iqonde ukuthi kungani abalimi abasafufusa beshaywa indiva yizinkampani ezinkulu, iCompetition Commission isiyethule uphenyo lomphakathi oluzobheka ukuthi kungakanani ukuncintisana emakethe, indlela okuklanywa ngayo amanani emikhiqizo, izingqinamba ezibhekana nabalimi, ikakhulukazi abasafufusa.

INYUNYANA yabalimi KwaZulu-Natali iKwanalu isinxuse bonke abafuyi ukuthi balandele yonke imigomo yesifo samatele bese besebenzisa nemigomo yezempilo ukugwema ukubhebhetheka kwalesi sifo esesiphinde sabheduka KwaZulu-Natali, eNorth West naseLimpopo.

EQEQESHELWA ukuba wummeli akuhambanga ngendlela ayefisa ngayo njengoba wayengazinakile izifundo zakhe egxile kokuzomngenisela imali. Ekuhlwayeni kwakhe amatoho, ugcine ethola umsebenzi epulazini, kwaba wukungena kwakhe kwezolimo.

BESE kuyisikhathi eside izelamani zifuna umsebenzi kodwa kunhlanga zimuka nomoya. Bekuthi noma zizama ukuqala amabhizinisi ehlukene kungalungi. Kuze kwasiza ukuhlangana kwazo nomngani wazo wakudala eziqale ibhizinisi lezolimo naye.

UKHULE engakucabangi nangengozi ukuthi angaba wusomabhizinisi ngelinye ilanga. Kunaloko ubehlalele ethembeni lokuthi ukufunda kuzokwenza afeze zonke izifiso akhule enazo.

KUNGASE kusuke udweshu phakathi kwenhlangano emele abalimi iSA Farmers Development Association (iSAFDA) nomNyango wezeziMali ngemva kwesinqumo sokunyusa intela kashukela salo mnyango.

UKUBAMBA ngezandla zombili wonke amathuba awanikwayo kuletha imiphumela emihle kumlimi osemncane. Ayiminingi iminyaka aseyisebenze embonini yezolimo kodwa ukuzikhandla nokuzimisela kwakhe emsebenzini awenzayo kwenze wanikwa isikhundla sokuba yimenenja jikelele yepulazi elikhulu nelinezisebenzi ezingaphezu kuka-500.

UKUBONA unina ewa evuka ekhulisa inkampani yezolimo ayiqale ngo-2005 kukhuthaze izelamani zaseFree State zaze zafisa ukufaka isandla ukumlekelela ukudlondlobalisa umsebenzi.

UMLIMI waseGa-Mashashane, ePolokwane, eLimpopo, uchaze ezolimo njengomkhakha odinga ukubekezela nokusebenza kanzima ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuze uchume kuwo, umlimi ongene kule mboni ekhuthazwa wumngani wakhe wasekolishi.

UKHOLWA wukuthi ukulima umhlabathi kuwubizo kuyena njengoba ethi ukungena kwezolimo sekumfundise okuningi abengeke akwazi ukube akashiyanga emsebenzini ayewenza e-Anglo American.

USEBENZE iminyaka eminingi enkampanini enkulu yenyama yenkukhu iRainbow Chicken. Ulwazi namava akuzuze kuyona kumsize kakhulu eseqala ibhizinisi lokufuya futhi adayise inyama yenkukhu.

IMBEWU yothando lwezolimo eyatshwala ngabazali bakhe yenza umlimi omncane waseNdwedwe, KwaZulu-Natali wagajwa wuthando ngezolimo. Manje usebenzisa ulwazi namava anawo ngale mboni ukulwa nendlala nobubha endaweni.

UKHOLWA wukuthi ukubumbana, ukwesekana nokusizana yizona zinto ezingenza abalimi badlondlobale kule mboni.

UKUSHIYA ifa laphakade eliyosala nasezizukulwane yinto afuna ukusebenzela ukuyifeza ngebhizinisi osanda kuqala ibhizinisi elingandile lokudayisa inyama yembuzi esongwe kahle emaphakatheni njengezinye izinhlobo zenyama.

NJENGENINGI lentsha yakuleli ufunde waphothula iziqu kodwa akangawuthola umsebenzi. Impilo ibe nzima ezama indlela yokuziphilisa, waze wasizwa wumcabango wokungena kwezolimo. Manje uyasimama kule ndima njengoba esenenkampani ekhiqiza amaveji.

UKUFUNDA kabanzi ngezolimo kwenze wathola ukuthi abalimi abaningi abamnyama bangena kulo mkhakha bengenalwazi lwawo, okwenza kube wumqansa eningini labo ukuchuma ngenxa yokungazi ukuthi benzenjani ukuze badlondlobale kule mboni.

ESEMNCANE wayegconwa ngenxa yemizamo ayeyenza ukuze umndeni wakh ulale udlile kodwa loko akuzange kumthene amandla. Kunaloko kuzale ibhizinisi lezolimo elisaqhubeka namanje ukuphucula impilo yomndeni wakhe nomphakathi.

ISIFISO sakhe kwakuwukuba wumpheki ozoduma ngokushaya ibhodwe. Nokho esenza umatikuletsheni ugcine engakwazanga ukufaka isicelo sokufundela ukupheka ngenxa yokuswela ulwazi lokuthi kungenwa kanjani kule mboni.

BESE kuyisikhathi eside benentshisekeko yokuhlanganisa abantu babafundise ngokubaluleka kwemvelo nezolimo. Bagcine befeza lelo phupho labo leminyaka ngenkathi bethenga umuzi osepulazini ngo-2014, okuyiwona abawusebenzisa njengendawo egcina amagugu emvelo.

USEBENZA ngokugcwele njenge-microbiologist kwenye yezinkampani ezinkulu. Yize kunjalo ubehlale enomcabango wokufuna ukuqala into yakhe ngelinye ilanga, angagcini ngokuqashwa.

INYUNYANA yezolimo KwaZulu-Natali iKwanalu yethule ngokusemthethweni uhlelo lokucija nokucobelela abantu besifazane nentsha yasesifundazweni ngolwazi oluzobachumisa emabhizinisini, iWomen and Youth in Entrepreneurship (iWYRE).

UKUKHULISWA wuninakhulu owumlimi kutshale imbewu yothando lwezolimo kuyena. Nokho kuthe ekhula wathi ukuluziba, wagxila ekwethuleni izinhlelo emsakazweni nakwithelevishini, nokwenza wanquma ukwenza izifundo ze-public relations ngemva kokukuphothula umatikuletsheni.

KUZOQHILIKA izihlathi kubadayisi basemigwaqweni yaseMgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natali, emcimbini wokubanikelela ngezinsizakusebenza zokudayisa ngempelasonto.

NJENGOBA sekusondele isikhathi sokuphela kwesizini yokuvuna umoba, iSouth African Farmers Development Association (iSAFDA) isihlabe ikhwelo lokuthi kuxazululwe inkinga yabalimi abancane yokungabi nasivuno somoba.

UKHULE ezitshela ukuthi ngelinye ilanga uyoba wusomabhizinisi. Nangempela ukubambelela nokuzihlupha ngolwazi lwezamabhizinisi kugcine kuthela izithelo esefeza iphupho lakhe leminyaka eqala ibhizinisi lokufuya izinkukhu.

UKUSHISEKELA ukubamba iqhaza ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi ukudla okunempilo nokudingwa ngabantu akupheli ngesinye sezizathu ezimenze wangena kwezolimo.

UKUGAJWA wuthando lwezolimo nokufuya kwenze washiya phansi umsebenzi awufundele wokufundisa wase eba wumlimi nomfuyi owaseBrits, eNorth West.

ESAKHULA kwakuthi uma kuvalwe izikole kubon baye epulazini likayisemkhulu owayemfundisa ukusenga nokulusa izinkomo, nokulapho lwaqala khona uthando lwakhe lwezolimo.

IMPILO yokukhulela epulazini itshale imbewu yothando lwezolimo entokazini yaseTzaneen, eLimpopo, eqhubeke nomsebenzi kayise epulazini.

UCWANINGO alwenzile lumenze wabona ukuthi bancane kakhulu abalimi ngakubo ekubeni emaningi amathuba kwezolimo.

UKUCWANINGA nokuqonda kabanzi ngezingqinamba ezibhekana nabalimi nsukuzonke ngezinye zezizathu ezenza waqala ibhizinisi elisiza abalimi.

LIYASIMAMA ibhungu laseDivhane, esifundeni iVhembe, eLimpopo elaqala lilima njengawo wonke umuntu ngemva kokushiya isikole eneminyaka ewu-16. Nokho lona ligxile ekulima okungavamile endlini emnyama – ugalikhi.

UNONYAKA kuphela eqale ibhizinisini lezolimo elikhiqiza amaveji nopelepele. Kodwa usaziwa iNingizimu Afrika yonke ngomsebenzi wakhe omuhle.

UKUTHUTHELA epulazini likayise nokulalela iseluleko sakhe sokuthi azicije ngolwazi lwezokufuya kwenze wangena ebhizinisini lokufuya umfuyi osimamayo waseKrugersdorp, eGauteng.