Keyword: Rooibos

A Story of David Versus Goliath

Picture: Winfried Bruenken Saliem Fakir - Civil society organisations continue to make a difference against the malpractices of big corporations. Dedicated non-profit and community organisations work against time and the public’s lack of awareness to tackle corporations that spend an inordinate amount of money on public relations. It’s a constant war of public imagery with big corporations spending a lot to look good and clean. Given their vast capacity, those corporations who covet deliberate malevolence against public...

Lessons from Rooibos

Picture: *saxon* Glenn Ashton - Rooibos is as uniquely South African as Champagne is French and Parmesan Italian. It should be one of our roaring success stories while providing a platform for the upliftment of its traditional owners, the indigenous people who introduced it to the colonialists from its home range of the Cederberg Mountains. But while the Rooibos market has grown over the years, indigenous emerging farmers remain largely marginalised and have yet to reap their just rewards. Under apartheid a Rooibos tea...