Where is mooketsi

Supplies are sourced from ZZ2 and the surrounding area, and are set to increase as local producers enjoy the benefits of the market. Judging by the amount of produce in evidence, the market is going to need all the floor space it can get.

Tomatoes, avocados and mangoes are delivered from the nearby ZZ2 packhouses in plastic lugs. Other products such as onions and jumble pack apples are offered in their traditional containers. Bakkies groaning under the weight of produce then set off for their destinations.

This is Africa doing business. The traditional view — and even intuition — says that a market should be close to the buyers rather than the producers. Mooketsi is turning this theory on its head. Phone ZZ2 at , or email [email protected]. Visit the website www. Sign in. Log into your account. Life was hard and the family barely survived. Enterprising by nature, Bertie soon realised that his neighbour made more money planting tomatoes than potatoes.

The climate in the fertile Mooketsi valley made it possible to plant tomato crops year-round. Although convincing his father of the viability of tomatoes was not easy, his first successful tomato crop was harvested in Tenacity, an eye for a business opportunity, a knack for communicating with labourers in their own language and an unwavering self-belief stood Bertie in good stead over the years. The farming activities centred on a mixed crop but focused mainly on potatoes.

ZZ2 was registered as a private company in At the time of his death in , he had built up ZZ2 to a multi-million Rand farming conglomerate and had made his mark in public life — both in the agricultural sector and on provincial and national level.

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