Anton Alexander’s drive to up-skill himself is a bright light we can all follow.
Already married to Sophia and with two children, the youngest just two years old and the elder seven, Anton Alexander, 34 at the time, went back to school. “It was quite a challenge”, he says. Today Alexander is head of Human
Crop down but solid earnings expected by SA’s biggest apple and pear exporter.
Although the total 2018 crop is down compared to last year, Tru-Cape still expects solid revenue for its grower shareholders. Roelf Pienaar, Managing Director of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest exporter of South African apples and pears, into more than 104
Tru-Cape opens Heritage Orchard to the public in February 2017
Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest marketer of South African apples and pears, is opening its Heritage Orchard of historic apple and pear trees to the public for a guided tour hosted by Tru-Cape’s Quality Assurance Manager, Henk Griessel and New
Pears proven perfect panacea
In a recent scientific literature review by Dr Nathan O’Callaghan, CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship, for Horticulture Innovation Australia, the pear, or Pyrus in Latin, has been found to have a number of important health benefits. This is especially good news
More apples into Africa
Tru-Cape was recently polled about the impact of the improving oil price and foreign exchange situations by global fruit industry watcher Fresh Plaza. Click here to read the interview with Tru-Cape Managing Director Roelf Pienaar, online.
New technologies keep Tru-Cape and its packhouses in the lead
Ever searching for ways to better deliver good quality fruit to the consumer, Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest distributor of South African apples and pears, and its parent packhouse Two-a-Day, have recently invested in new technologies to improve their final
Another Tru-Cape grower featured on MegaBoere
We are so proud that another Tru-Cape grower, André Cloete, has also been featured on KykNET's television show, MegaBoere. Rossouw Cillié, Farmer of the Year, was featured previously. Here is a trailer clip and once, available, we will upload the whole
Ceres farm worker’s choir a saving grace for Tru-Cape grower
Elsie Oliphant is one of over 30 farm workers at De Kock Boerdery in De Eiken, Ceres who along with running the farm’s creche also co-leads the farm’s award-winning choir. “We started in 2007 inspired by a course on living a
Keeping fruit in the fridge makes it last longer
Do you know that every apple and pear you eat is a living thing? Keeping fruit in the fridge and away from bananas and other ethylene-gas producing fruit will keep them freshest for longest. Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the largest marketers of
