Category Archives: Let’s Talk Indepth

“We are more than just guys who produce bacon and chops.”

Lucas Ledwaba recently interviewed three SAPPO farmers, Modisaotsile Kenny Mocwiri, Johan van der Walt, and ...

Partnering for pork

On a recent trip to Cape Town, Christian Zimelka, head of consumer assurance at SAPPO, ...

Animal health at a crossroads

The report from the Biosecurity Task Team on the state of animal health in South ...

Feedback from the EPP-Congress 2023

SAPPO’s CEO, Johann Kotzé, attended the European Pig Producers board meeting and Congress between 17 ...

Biogas study tour

Recently, the Royal Danish Embassy in South Africa invited the South African Pork Producers’ Organisation ...

EPP Congress 2023

The European Pig Producers Club (EPP) is a network of leading pig producers with the ...

GARA Gap Analysis Workshop 2023: Kampala, Uganda, February 2023

The Global African Swine Fever Research Alliance (GARA), an initiative of the United States Department ...

SA Pork: 2022 wins and 2023 strategy

The team at SA Pork recently returned from a trip to Cape Town where we ...

Standards in the context of sustainability

In the past, standards were introduced – especially in the world of products – to ...

Sustainability: Our licence to operate

In 2022, SAPPO engaged broadly among various stakeholders on sustainability in the pork value chain. ...

Reflecting on 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, we were interested to ask Johann Kotzé, chief executive ...

SAPPO Selekt Season 1 has been launched

To address the gap between consumers and farmers, the South African Pork Producers' Organisation (SAPPO) ...