About Starke Ayres Starke Ayres was formed through the merging of Chas Ayres’s Cape Town nursery and Charles Starke’s grain and produce business in 1920. It is a business specialising in the vegetable, flower and lawn seeds industry for over 130 years. Its secondary business includes retail as well as seeds, chemical products and soluble fertilizers supply
About South African Association of Botanists The South African Association of Botanists (SAAB) was founded for the promotion and development of Botany. It aims to support and sustain the state of this industry in all sectors of the population. The association promotes diversity and is committed to removing any restrictions to the practice of the profession.
About Alfred Nzo District Municipality Alfred Nzo District Municipality is one of the six districts of Eastern Cape province. It is named in honour of Alfred Baphethuxolo Nzo who is a former secretary-general of the African National Congress and minister of foreign affairs in Nelson Mandela’s cabinet. Alfred Nzo is the smallest and one of the
About the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development A unified development initiative combining the actions of initiation, facilitation, coordination, and implementation for rural expansion, is underway by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) in South Africa. The Department’s dynamics include corporate governance and service perfection within the boundaries of
About South African National Space Agency (SANSA) The South African National Space Agency Act, 36 of 2008, mandated the establishment of a National Space Agency to provide for the promotion and use of space and cooperation in space-related activities, foster research in space science, advance scientific engineering through human capital and support the creation of
About GWK GWK or Griekwaland Wes Koöperasie is an agribusiness sector. It is further divided into 3 subsectors namely GWK Agri, GWK Farm Foods and GWK Trading. GWK has various brands that provide products and services for the subsectors. These brands include FloTank which provides agricultural logistical services, Valley for irrigation solutions, Fresh by Nature, GWK Farms, Landzicht,
The National Research Foundation is a government-mandated research and science development agency, which aims to fund critical research and provide cutting-edge infrastructure to allow research to take place. Its focus areas are science and technology, and the role of indigenous knowledge in these fields. Part of the NRF’s mandate is to provide human resources for
The Standard Bank Group has been trading in Africa for more than 150 years. It serves 120 countries on the African continent, employing more than 50,000 people. Standard Bank offers personal, business and corporate banking services. The bank also has a solid presence in the wealth management sector, providing investors with profitable money-making investments as
Promaths Bursary Fund The Kutlwanong Maths, Science and Technology Centre is calling on eligible candidates to submit an application and qualify for its Promaths Bursary Fund opportunity for 2021. The bursary programme is targeted towards high school learners and offers extra classes in Maths and Science to further improve their skills in these subjects. Funded
SARAO Scholarship and Postdoctoral Fellowship Programmes 2021 The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), with the National Research Foundation, is offering a number of Scholarship and Postdoctoral Programmes and is calling on suitable candidates to submit an application to qualify for a grant applicable on 2021. Currently, these are the scholarship and postdoctoral fellowship grants
