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The South African High Commissioner in the United Kingdom, Dr Zola Skweyiya, paid a visit to the Standard Bank Centre for Agribusiness Leadership and Mentorship Development on Thursday (22 July). The visit is the result of a recent partnership formed between the Centre, the African Fellowship Trust (AFT) and the Royal Agricultural College (RAC) in [...]

The Faculty of AgriSciences of Stellenbosch University (SU) and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) of Cornell University in the USA, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), on Thursday (19 May 2011). CALS is the third-largest college of its kind in the United States and has been ranked in national surveys as the [...]

Prof Mohammad Karaan, Dean of the Faculty of AgriSciences at Stellenbosch University, has been appointed as a Commissioner to the government’s National Planning Commission (NPC). President Jacob Zuma announced this at a press conference held in Pretoria recently. “It is a great privilege to serve your country at the highest levels and I hope I [...]

The high failure rate of land reform projects and emerging farmers has led to the founding of the Standard Bank Centre for Agribusiness Leadership and Mentorship Development, an institution designed to address current challenges in the agricultural sector. Willie Du Plessis, Director Agricultural Banking at Standard Bank says: “The Standard Bank Centre for Agribusiness Leadership [...]