Swartland

So, if the Patriotic Alliance moves in there and gets more growth there, then they could lose them quite easily.

In Bergrafier and Swartland, in the Bergrafier, they have a two-seat majority, and in Swartland, they have a three-seat majority, yes.

So even there, it gets a little bit tight, you know.

So, I mean, other municipalities in the rural areas in the Western Cape to watch out for is perhaps Langsburg, smallest one in the country, seven-seater.

Blue Mountain Racing is sticking with its target to host an event in twenty thirty-one.

The group plans to build a motorsports complex in the Swartland region, north of Cape Town.

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So you need to travel at some speed not to be shaken off the road, but not too fast to kick up too much dust.

And then you reach sort of rolling hills of what we call the Swartland region or just the cusp of it.

So this farm is situated in the Cooburg region.

So Cooburg is a high-yielding wheat-growing area.

Uh, we've secured quite a chunk of land up there now.

We've well over 2,000 hectares of land, uh, up in, in the Swartland.

And so there'll be an enormous housing developments, and we honestly believe, uh, that's the future direction of Cape Town.

When I listened to the traffic report earlier, I think the N7 is an underutilized arterial.

It was announced earlier today that Rwanda is going to host the African Grand Prix.

Um, I think we all accepted that Formula One was serious about coming to Africa, and some were hopeful that either Kyalami or Neil Froneman and the others' thing here in the Swartland would get the go-ahead.

I always thought it was extremely unlikely.

South Africa offers governance challenges that Rwanda does not.

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Uh, well, I think I've been consistent over the years, um, you know, speaking to you and to, and, and to other, uh, outlets that, uh, unless the government gets on board and is willing to, to foot the bill for the hosting fee, uh, it's never gonna happen.

And I maintain that even, even with the plans for the Swartland.

Um, so, uh, that appears to be exactly what happened in Rwanda where, where the plans have been announced today, uh, and that it, it appears to be...

... uh, doing incredible tasting, tastings that, uh, would not happen anywhere else around the world.

And, uh, last month we had the chance, uh, thanks to our partner, uh, T&A Ten Cellars, to do a, a tasting of Sadie Family wine from, uh, from South Africa, from Swartland, uh, mainly.

And, uh, John Lucas, uh, the, the owner, uh, is a official supplier of these wines, and actually did a, a, a tasting of all their cuvée, uh, side by side.

I mean, uh, we tasted, like, around 14 wine, I think.

If I look at dry land row crops in South Africa, we have been obsessed with many small grain crops over the years without diversifying into legumes and crops with a bit of a bio-fumigation action like canola.

So that has really changed soil quality the last 10 years, not just in the Overberg area, but also in the Boland and the Swartland area.

So I think crop diversity would be one thing one needs to address.

And what is important, you need to know what is the depth of your soil, and many growers don't do it.

... anywhere else in the world.

And there are the, this, the Swartland revolution.

There are some now...

There's so many old vines.

And now these spectacular wines from Mullineaux and Badenhorst and wonderful, wonderful producers of South African wines are showing their, their faces in, in-

Right, and not just from Stellenbosch, from Swartland and other regions as well

... uh, yeah, yeah, other regions of-

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