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Spier Hotel and Conference Centre Achieves Major Water Savings
APRIL 11, 2017 | As the Western Cape strains to conserve its rapidly dwindling water supplies, Spier Wine Farm’s 10-year water conservation initiative is achieving large-scale savings.
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Meet the team: CHARLOTTE TSHALI
APRIL 10, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Charlotte Tshali joined Spier 10 years ago as a waitress. Today she serves as a Service Training Officer.
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Meet the team: Tyson Meyi
APRIL 03, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Tyson Meyi joined Spier 13 years as a general assistant with no knowledge of wine at all. Today he’s a senior wine educator passionate about sharing his knowledge of wine with visitors to Spier’s Tasting Room.
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Meet the team: Samuel Moloi
MARCH 28, 2017 | Spier is home to a diverse bunch of passionate people, doing what they love, and committed to making a difference every day. Nursery Supervisor Samuel Moloi has been working in Spier’s nursery for the last 10 years. Passionate about sharing his knowledge with his team members, he’s helping to restore the farm’s ecosystem to good health, through the growing and planting of millions of indigenous plants.
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Spier's Journey to Waste Water Sustainability
MARCH 23, 2017 | In 2007, Spier installed a pioneering centralised wastewater treatment plant, which is the embodiment of our approach to waste management. It recycles 100% of Spier’s wastewater, treating it with only environmentally friendly methodology. The clean water is then used for irrigation in the North Bank (hospitality operation) gardens as well in our Wine Tasting ablution facilities.
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Meet the team: Lesley Joemat
MARCH 22, 2017 | Lesley Joemat has worked at Spier since 1998 and is the project leader for Tree-preneurs, that gives more than 100 people from some of the Cape’s poorest communities the opportunity to change their lives.
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