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My professional life centers around the farming of sugarcane. The extension of my farming involvement is being in the sugarcane industry as a board member and a Vice-chairperson of the South African Canegrowers Association. But also I am involved in the leadership of communities in agriculture.

An admitted attorney, Commercial mediator and strategist who has worked in multi stakeholder environments internationally, public and private sector. A leader and a explorer at heart with a passion for humanitarian work. Currently the Vice Chairperson of the South African Sugar Millers Association as well as a Board member of the Sugar Milling Research Institute, I hold an LLB and I am an attorney.

I am a farmer, not by profession but may be by default. Armed with a degree in Business Administration (BBA), it just made sense to apply an acquired skill of business administrating and management which I started in 2007 when I acquired a farm through Land Reform by the then, Land Affairs dept.

I’m currently working as Corporate Affairs Executive for Tongaat Hulett and have a long history in socio-economic development.

I'm a sugarcane farmer that started in 2012 after inheriting 95Ha of land from my father. In 2014 I registered a company called Elamaswazi Projects that has two divisions. A logistics division has 154 000 tons that delivers to three mills, ( Maidstone Mill, Gledhow Mill and Amathikhulu Mill.) and a farming division of 83 955 tons which consists of 1680Ha. We strive ourselves as the youngest Land reform and black commercial grower in the sugarcane industry which has presented exceptional growth over the past 10 years. We have won a couple of awards as a business. In 2014 we were awarded the youngest land reform position in the sugar industry through the DTI. In 2021 we came second in the Standard Bank Business Awards at the National level. These milestones have taught us to do better and grow our business to be bolder and better.

I have over 20 years’ work experience, with keen interest in private public partnerships for sustainable agriculture and land reform. My motto in life is “It is never wrong to do the right thing”.

I’m a farmer that farms in the Zinkwazi area with Sugarcane and Macadamia. I also sit on the board of Directors for SA Canegrowers.