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MEET THE TEAM: WILTON SIKHOSANA
MARCH 08, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. The green fingered nursery manager Wilton Sikhosana grew up in Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal, and has worked at Spier for the past decade. Together, he and his team have grown and planted millions of indigenous plants on the farm.
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Meet the team: Petronella 'Nana' Malgas
MARCH 01, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Petronella Malgas – lovingly known as “Nana” by her colleagues – is Spier Hotel’s laundry manager and has worked here for the past 15 years in many different parts of the hotel.
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Meet the team: Cuven Conradie
FEBRUARY 23, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Cuven Conradie is a cellar assistant and assistant stock controller in Spier’s winery, where he’s worked for nearly three years. The cellar is his favourite part of the farm. “I feel at home here,” he says.
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Meet the team: Alfrieda Hanse
FEBRUARY 17, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Alfrieda Hanse is a farm supervisor at Spier’s Nooitgedacht farm near Paarl. She grew up in the Northern Cape and has been employed by Spier for almost 17 years. “I’m good at training people, and I’m also good at listening,” she says.
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MEET OUR CRAFTERS: Bongani Khumalo
FEBRUARY 02, 2017 | The Spier Craft Market is a showcase of some of the best craftwork produced in the greater Cape Town area. It consists of eight custom-designed units – each manned by a cluster of artists – situated along the banks of the dam, right next to our Tasting Room.
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Meet the team: Orlando Filander
JANUARY 23, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Orlando Filander, Spier's farm manager, has worked on the farm for 16 years, playing a key role in its attainment of organic certification in 2015. A trained viticulturist, he oversees all aspects of the farm’s wellbeing, including the rejuvenation of the soil and the replanting and rehabilitation of indigenous vegetation.
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