Being Black Globally - The Plight of Black Farmers in South Africa

Being Black Globally - The Plight of Black Farmers in South Africa This is the fourth and final episode in a series on The Plight of Black Farmers. This final eposide on The Plight of Black Farmers features Phangisile Mtshali, a farmer in South Africa. In this conversation she shares her personal experience with farming and the vision she has for the future of her farm. She was born into a family of farmers. Her paternal grandparents were landlord and active crop farmers at the foot of the Drakensberg mountain range. She set her mind to own a working farm when she was 7 years old and living on a commercial farm. Recently she started a pecan nut orchard and has planted 450 trees with a target of 1000 trees by 2025. She is the founder of the Kwahlangabeza Cultural Hub and Heritage Inspired Hospitality-Farm to Table Restaurant in Estcourt South Africa. Phangisile is also the Director of Corporate Philanthropy with the Bristol Myers-Squibb Foundation.