MBABANE – Thirty thousand richer.
Mgucisi Dlamini from Mahlangatsha has since been announced as the Best Seller/Suppler category in the National Maize Corporation Awards.
Dlamini took home E30 000.
Other winners were Allen Mazibuko (E25 000), Simon Mthunzi (E22 000), Thembisile Dlamini (E20 000), Sipho Ndoda Dlamini (E18 000), Sydney Manana (E16 000), Jika Ndlangamandla (E14 000), Robert Nhlengetfwa (E12 000), Rudolf Mndzebele (E10 000) and Dumsani Mkhaliphi (E8 000).
Speaking during the awards, Minister of Agriculture Jabulani Mabuza urged emaSwati to make use of the current good rains by venturing into farming and making use of government’s input subsidy programme.
“As a Ministry, we have a responsibility to support producers through building their capacity to acquire relevant skills and adopt the necessary technologies that will see them moving from subsistence farming to becoming business people,” he said.
