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MARC HASENFUSS: Zaad value play slow to germinate
Unless you fancy being a gentleman farmer, there seems little incentive to buy into Zeder’s value proposition for its seed and chemicals business Zaad
02 May 2024 - 05:00
I felt just a little diminished at a family function on the weekend. Because we are quite a diverse and extended family in Cape Town, I think outsiders are often prepped with the briefest character sketch. So, on meeting, I usually get: “Ah, you’re the journalist”, followed by the cursory: “Where’s the rand going?” One of my younger cousins, though, got a far more intriguing introductory inquiry: “Which brother are you? The one bitten by the shark?”
Damn, I have war stories too — though being headbutted by a jellyfish in the Gamtoos River mouth in 1986 is hardly a ripping yarn...
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