A LAND LEGACY TRANSFORMED
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It comes as no surprise that Thabitha Chauke has had a keen interest in farming since early childhood – agriculture has been part of her family’s lifestyle for generations. As a youngster, she accompanied her father and grandfather to their sugar cane fields on the outskirts of Hlagakwena, near Lephalale in Limpopo.
“I used to help with the cane, which we sold at the informal market in the village,” recalls Thabitha. This legacy plot, now the home of her business, Amokelani Farm, is where she grows tomatoes, cabbages and watermelons.
Dafris Chauke, Thabitha’s father, who worked as a driver for the Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Lephalale, carried on farming sugar cane part time after his own father passed away.
“I helped my dad until after I finished matric, when I left for university,” says Thabitha. Although she wanted to study agriculture, her mother, Maria Chauke,
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