Author Archives: SAPPO

SA Pork myth busters

SA Pork has laid the foundation for a new ‘myth busters’ campaign that will kick ...

SAPPO acknowledges industry collaboration and reflects on the success of PigX1

The South African Pork Producers’ Organisation (SAPPO) hosted PigX1 at Future Africa on 27 and ...

SAPPO appoints new chief executive officer

SAPPO is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Peter Evans as their new chief ...

Shaping the future of pork production: PIGX1 unveils the first of its impactful speaker line-up

With less than a month to go to the first-of-its-kind PIGX1 to be hosted by ...

“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 ...

Many opportunities await SA’s pork industry

Johann Kotzé, CEO of the South African Pork Producers’ Organisation (SAPPO), was recently interviewed by ...

Taaibosch Piggery on Landbouweekliks

The Landbouweekliks team and presenter Theodore Jantjies recently visited Taaibosch Piggery. One of the interview ...

New dimension or a paradigm shift?

On 31 March 2023, Guillaume Burset published an interesting article on www.pig333.com regarding the current ...

Farm visit: Large pig farm in Ukraine vows to rebuild and restock after destruction

One of the biggest pig production farms in Eastern Ukraine has suffered major destruction during ...