Catching up with George Mlilo on Agriculture

George Mlilo(Left) and Jacques Dupreez(right)

We are already in the middle of January 2012. It was good catching up with George Mlilo on what’s happening on the agricultural side at Ebenezer. This is what he said....
1. We are looking at the water situation carefully.
2. We are cutting back on the land under current use to the use of land that can be irrigated with the current water capacity.
3. We will be planting tomatoes in the first week of February. The previous tomato crop was ‘average’ due to water stress.
4. The butternut has done extremely well - Within the commercial bracket in terms of yields.
5. We did well on maize but there is room for improvement.
6. The melons and baby marrow have germinated really well. Infact, the baby marrow has fruits at the moment.
7. The peanut crop is very promising. The last fertiliser application was done last week.


What are your hopes for 2012?

In 2012, we are ‘upping’ the standard of crops. We are using the Foundation for Farming methods and therefore, we need to be faithful with the little we have and farm to a high standard.

By Molly Manhanga

Spiritual Lessons in progress

Steve Manhanga

Stephen was sharing with the 2nd year apprentices that they will be studying the Bible chronologically i.e. in order in which events took place. Genesis is the foundational book of the Bible. The Bible is rich and deep in content and themes. The class looked at how the Bible addresses 3 major issues of the topic of sin:
1. What God has done so people can be saved from the first great problem sin has caused.
2. What God has done to set people free from sin that is controlling their lives.
3. What God will do so people will be completely free from all the problems sin causes.

The mixing of these 3 issues has been one of the major contributing factors to the existence and increase of the many different cults, religions and denominations.

Steve with 2nd year apprentices

The lesson was enjoyed by all and they continue tomorrow.

By Molly Manhanga

Lessons are underway pt 2

Skha Matshalaga

Skha Matshalaga teaches Agriculture, Level 2(Intermediate) English and Maths at Ebenezer. I listened in whilst she was teaching Agriculture and the lesson was enjoyable. The apprentices seemed so relaxed, understood what she was teaching and participated in discussions. I asked Skha on her take of the results of last years’ English exam and she said that some apprentices did well while some struggled.
At the moment the classes are much smaller due to appren
tices that graduated at the end of last year.

By Molly Manhanga