Author: Nthavela Themba
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South Africa – Thoughts about Small Scale Farmers
Small Scale farmers were faced with uncertainty when the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced the lock down, telling everyone to stay at home and restrict the movement of the people to only allow essential services. The time that the president introduced the Lock Down, it was the exact time of completing the summer…
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Meet Themba
Avuxeni (Greetings). Since I was introduced into Slow Food Network five years ago (2015), I started developing interests in practical activities of people producing food for their own consumption as well as to sell the surplus to their communities. This has encouraged me to be part of the Slow Food 10 000 gardens project in Africa,…
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Greetings from Giyani
Avuxeni (Greetings) The current pandemic of Covid-19, has taught us that saving for tomorrow can save lives. When countries start to implement “Stay Home/Lock Down,” we witnessed millions of people from around the world flooding the retailers through panic buying since they have power to purchase. Those that have no power to purchase were left…