On Tuesday, 26 September, Mohair SA welcomed 20 enthusiastic students from the Matotomana College in Matatiele.

Amidst turbulent and stormy weather, the annual Nampo Cape event took place from 13 to 16 September in Bredasdorp, Western Cape.

The 2023 African Textile Talks hosted by Twyg &Imiloa Collective on Thursday, 17 August, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. This was a great opportunity to connect and learn about textiles, slow fashion, and design in AFRICA.

The theme for this year’s Agri Eastern Cape Congress was ‘Adapt’. Marco Coetzee, Sanmarie Vermaak and Jaco Oelofse attended the congress in Jeffrey’s Bay.

The 93rd Annual Conference for the Cape Women’s Agricultural Association was held this month at Misty Valley Farms in Hartenbos and the theme was ‘Our Youth, our Future.’

There’s something magical about reaching a 100th birthday milestone: an incredible century of memories and experiences! This month we celebrated Wendy Jackson’s 100th birthday!

Founders of the ever-popular annual Stoep Tasting wine weekend, Gordon, and Rose Wright, launched the first Karoo Classique Bubbly Festival in 2021 and in September 2023, they will be hosting the third consecutive event in Graaff Reinet.

This short story began one day in May 2023. My 7-year-old son, Sidney Birkill and I visited Nampo Bothaville Landbou skou, with his grandparents. My parents are farmers and have visited Nampo many times before, but this was Sidney’s first Nampo experience.

The Wheatlands Sportsgrounds was a hive of activity on 12 July as 41 farmworkers from the surrounding area arrived for training.

The public bank of Italy, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), launched their new business matching platform for South African companies in April. As part of the launch, they are hosting a series of themed online events highlighting different sectors.

Farmers lose money if their mohair clip isn’t properly classed, and this is why the farmers must be present during shearing season. The industry faces a huge challenge with a shortage of properly skilled mohair sorters!

The National Agriculture Marketing Council (NAMC) hosted its first section 7 goat committee meeting in Pretoria on Friday, 21 July.

Phil Seal and Daniel Dyson from Seal international were recently in South Africa visiting their mohair buyer, Alice Connacher from Seal and Connacher and to learn more about the South African mohair value chain.

Feel the Yarn launched their first ‘Feel the Green’ event during Milan fashion week which was a combination of B2B (spinners meeting their customers), 6 panel discussions, a trend area, and a student fashion installation.

Karen Eybers is a farmer’s wife, a mother, and a teacher at the local school in Rietbron and her story started in August 2021.

It is exciting to see the increase in requests for the SAMGA and MET team to do on farm training with the farmers and the farm workers.

DAIDOH LIMITED is a Japan-based company operating in the apparel and real estate business segment. Part of the apparel segment rewards mohair producers for producing top-quality summer kid mohair.

The Mohair Council of America (MCA) welcomed and spoilt us from the moment we landed in San Angelo, Texas. It was humbling and heart-warming as we visited a few ranches and their passion for their goats is visible and their love for the mohair industry is enormous.