Celebrating a Year of Entrepreneurial Growth
Soaking up a nature experience this week was the group of entrepreneurs from the 2025/26 programme...

Congratulations to Grootbos which won a GOLD award for Community Development at the World Travel Market held at the Cape Town International Convention from the 10th - 12th April 2024.
This award acknowledges the impact of job creation by Grootbos Lodge and Grootbos Foundation directly through employment, vocational skills training, enterprise development, entrepreneurship training, workplace experience, and indirectly through using local suppliers. Thank you to WTM for recognizing this wide community impact for employability over more than 20 years.
Big thanks to everyone involved! Let's keep making a positive impact together.
Grootbos Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation in Gansbaai dedicated to conserving the Cape Floral Kingdom while uplifting the communities that call it home. The foundation protects over 22,200 hectares of fynbos and biodiversity across Grootbos Private Nature Reserve and the Walker Bay...
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Prof. Aleksei Oskolski (UJ) and Alexander Zavialov visited Grootbos to study the parasitic plant Mystropetalon thomii
The parting shot this week is actually in two parts taken across the landscape today, which was a glorious winter's day.
This bushbuck skull in the veld is a reminder of the full ecosystem of creatures that make up a healthy fynbos environment.
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