Forty-five farm workers from Ceres made the journey to Sutherland on May 25 this year in a show of support to the hardest hit growers in the drought-ridden Karoo. As part of Patmos, an inter-church alliance offering spiritual and life-skills guidance to farm workers, Wilhelm De Kock, a Tru-Cape ...

From left: Katriena Valentine, Kallie Davids, Janus Goosen, Anthony Janse, Willie Abrahams, Danie Goosen. JC Goosen is absent With a  successful 15-year track record, the Denou Farming (Pty) Ltd is a stand-out success story. Established in 2003 as a partnership between fifth generation Prince ...

                                           Roelf Pienaar (left) with Pieter Graaff (right) taken at Tru-Cape’s City Deep depot launch. Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest exporter of South African apples and pears, is pleased to announce that its chairman, Mr Pieter Graaff has been chosen by the ...

Have you heard the phrase: Ask a busy person if you want to get the job done? Pam Sue-Taylor, of Sonstraal Heights, Durbanville, lives up to that maxim as an executive assistant at a local media and television production company, Okuhle International. But, Pam has always had a passion to uplift and ...

South Africa’s largest exporter of South African apples and pears, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing has a fresh-fruit brand that is recognised in 104 countries around the globe. In its on-going attempt to punch above its weight class when it comes to targeting the hearts and minds of consumers, it has ...

Josua du Toit photographed on the Ceres farm, Ouplaas. Getting one of the Ceres growers who donated feed to help Merweville farmers near Koup in the Tankwa Karoo, towards Sutherland, to take credit for it is even more rare than rain in this arid and mountainous area. As annual rainfall seldom ...

Leading fresh produce retailer, Food Lover’s Market, today confirmed that it has raised R579,152.53 during its Hunger Month campaign in May. The Hunger Month campaign, which saw the retailer partnering with Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, Rugani Carrots and Simpl Fruit Juices, raised enough money to feed ...

With over a quarter of a million trees already purchased, Bigbucks, the improved Corder Gala apple strain, is now the most successful new variety in terms of orders placed in the history of the South African Plant Improvement Organisation since launch date. Named after Buks Nel, Tru-Cape Fruit ...

Tru-Cape's Henk Griessel of Somerset West Whatever your passion - healthy living, nature walks, MTB, trail runs, family-centric activities, delicious artisan foods, wines, ciders and craft beers and, of course, apples, May 5 in Grabouw is the place to be. Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, South ...

Hail damage, drought and high summer temperatures are expected to impact the 2018 Tru-Cape  apple and pear crop by about 10% in volume with a greater number of small fruit which might lead to a drop in export income. This, according to Tru-Cape marketing director Conrad Fick, means the company has ...