Tru News

South Africa’s old fruit super sleuths are at it again. This time, Buks Nel and Henk Griessel, both employed by Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, South Africa’s largest exporter of apples and pears and a business wholly owned by its growers, are

As the largest exporter of South African apples and pears and a wholly grower-owned business, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing growers have more than 7,000 hectares under apple and pear cultivation. “We represent, more or less, 20% of the South African industry’s apple

Sharing stories about our culinary heritage is the reason the largest exporter of South African apples and pears approached the highly engaged Lockdown Recipe Storytelling Book (LRSB) Facebook group to meet over heritage tales and food. Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing approached the

Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest exporter of South African apples and pears, hosted a media visit to the Langkloof to meet with their growers. Matt Zondagh Landgoed and J&E Zondagh at Avontuur, near Uniondale, were visited on the first day. That

We are always grateful to Tru-Cape fans who send in their recipes to us and share what they have been making with their Tru-Cape fruit on social-media channels. Leonie Ambraal is one such fan who wrote in with a delicious sounding

Three generations of Baldie’s, Linda, David and Robin, stand in front of the ancient Kroon apple tree on their farm in Misgund, in the Langkloof. The newly planted tree, in the Tru-Cape Heritage Orchard at Oak Valley Estate in Elgin,

As the new school year begins, news from Statistics South Africa that unemployment has increased from 30,1% to 34.9% in the past two years must be very worrying.  Maths is one of the most fundamental school subjects, and an increasingly in

Starting a new year without first taking the lessons from the previous year onboard is probably not the most constructive way to move forward. One of the largest employers in the Ceres area of South Africa’s Western Cape was also among

For South Africa’s largest exporter of apples and pears, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, a company wholly owned by the growers at Two-a-Day in Grabouw and Ceres Fruit Growers, news that China now welcomes pears from South Africa is a good way

As the school year ends and matriculants anxiously wait for results, news from Statistics South Africa  that unemployment has increased from 30,1% to 34.9% in the past two years must be very worrying.  Maths is one of the most fundamental school