Mama Sophia’s Pathways School

Mama Sophia’s Pathways, a registered non-profit organisation situated in Marquard in the Free State, was established with the aim of empowering individuals living with moderate to severe mental and physical disabilities with the skills to become as independent as possible, regardless of their challenges. Central to this is an intensive stimulation programme designed to help […]

Sparta Charity Fundraising Day 2022

Giving back is at the core of Sparta’s culture, as personified in our motto, CARE – Consideration, Accountability, Responsibility and Excellence – something every Spartan is trying to live up to in everything we do. Each year Sparta hosts a charity fundraising day in aid of a cause very close to our hearts: the Mama […]

Investing in South Africa

Estelle van Reenen

A proudly South African company since 1966, Sparta beef, acquired their abattoir in Welkom in 1999. The acquisition of the abattoir meant that Sparta was the first meat plant in South Africa to debone carcass meat on a large, central pack scale. At that time, they thought 3 tons of deboned beef per day was […]

Landbou Feature: Dié vasvatter-vrou

Dié vasvatter-vrou is die hoof van een van SA se voorste bees- en vleisondernemings, waar jy jou man moet staan! “Ek het nooit gedink ek moet myself in ’n manswêreld probeer bewys nie. Ek het altyd geglo mense is gelyk en het gelyke vermoëns en jy pak dit so aan.” Dis ’n dag ná internasionale […]