NEWS
Senwes Proud To Be
Part of First Nampo Cape
Beautiful in Bredasdorp! The weather was truly Cape
inspired during the inaugural Nampo Cape in 2018.
Senwes and two of its joint venture partners, Hinterland and JDI, were proud to be part of
the inaugural Nampo Cape Agri-Expo held at Bredasdorp Park in the Overberg from 12 to
14 September 2018.
By Marlon Abrahams
Senwes Scenario Editor-in-Chief
S
enwes was also a main sponsor
of South Africa’s agri-talkshow,
Nation in Conversation, which
live-streamed discussions on
agricultural topics from Nampo Cape.
Nampo Cape is the sister event of the
Nampo Harvest Day, held annually near
Bothaville in the Free State. The agri-festi-
val is considered the biggest event on the
SA agri-calendar, attracting over 80 000
people this year.
Grain SA, the organisers of the show’s
hopes that the Cape version of the festi-
val attract more than 10 000 visitors was
exceeded when 16 245 people attended
the show over the three days.
JDI’s MD, Emilius Tomlinson, said the
event exceeded his expectations. “We
had a record turnover in terms of John
Deere toys and clothing, and we also
experienced an unprecedented number of
leads and interest in our John Deere and
JCB machines. I would like to commend
the organisers for an awesome event and
to assure Nampo Cape that JDI will be
back next year, bigger and better!”
Despite the windy weather conditions,
local and international visitors flocked to
the event which saw more visitors atten
ding on the first day than the total number
of visitors who attended the entire event
last year when it was managed by differ-
ent organisers.
Nation in Conversation hosted discus-
sions on:
The panel members during
the first session of Nation in
Conversation were Francois
Strydom (Senwes Group
CEO and Agbiz Chairman),
Chris Burgess (Editor of
Landbouweekblad), Theo
Vorster (Anchor), Jannie de
Villiers (CEO, Grain SA) as
well as Alan Winde (Minister
of Economic Affairs) and
André Uys (CEO of Acorn
Agri & Food Group and
Overberg Agri).
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• How do we create new energy in agri-
culture?
• The role of intensive livestock farming
in sustainable meat production (focus
on sheep).
• What does the future hold for all stake-
holders in the barley industry?
• Training and training facilities in agri-
culture, consolidation or specialisation?
• Youth focus.
Visit the Nation in Conversation website at
www.nasieingesprek.co.za to watch the
full shows.
Show anchor, Theo Vorster, paid trib-
ute to Nampo Cape and its success mak-
ing the point that “Nation in Conversation
is here to stay (at Nampo Cape). Despite
the weather, the “gees” at the show was
phenomenal!”
Emilius Tomlinson (JDI Managing Director)
and Francois Strydom (Senwes Group
CEO and Agbiz Chairman) during Nampo
Cape 2018.