Senwes Scenario Junie / Julie 2015 | Page 5

A L L E S E N N O G WAT Oraloor gehoor... T HIS A N D T HAT ••• Pieter & Tshepo BY NASIE IN GESPREK BY NAMPO Senzeni Zokwana, Minister van Landbou “Ek hoop boere sal ministers nooi sodat ons julle behoeftes kan verstaan. Nooi ons na geleenthede soos hierdie … betrek die media om meer betrokke te raak en doen meer onderhoude om positiewe stories in die landbou akkuraat oor te dra...” IS JY REG VIR DIE TOEKOMS? LEES MEER OP BLADSY 26. Mpumelelo Mkhabela, Editor Sowetan “We need to dig deeper, the issue of trust is very important, Deputy President Cyril Ramaposa said we have a trust deficit problem, government and business don’t trust each other, labour and business don’t trust each other, media and government don’t trust each other, and we have to find a way to make people feel they have vested interest in the issues...we must build bridges...” Francois Strydom, BD Senwes “Ek weet boere is prakties en pragmaties. Ek neem baie welwillendheid waar by boere en ek dink arbeid is maar net nog ‘n faset van hul besigheid – hulle besef dat hulle die kwessie moet aanspreek. Ek het gelees van ‘n boer wat gesê dat die verhoging in die minimum loon hom meer krities laat kyk het na werkerslone as ‘n insetkoste. Dus dink ek boere is besig om te leer en te ontwikkel.” Len Brand, BD John Deere “Ons is datagaarders; ons masjiene bewerk die lande, nou kan boere data uit ‘n wolk aflaai; dis Sy data, nie ons s’n nie...” Martin van Zyl, Senwes Group Executive: Innovation and Integrated Solutions “We have a overflow of data and the challenge is to make sense of it, to process it and that’s exactly what the system will do.” SENWES Scenario • June/July 2015 3