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02nd October 2025

Dalena Wolmarans does it her way

Dalena Wolmarans’ entrepreneurial journey in Knysna is remarkable. Not only has she been running three successful companies since 1993, but she is also a truck driver, sawmill operator, wife, and proud mother of two daughters.

07th July 2025

John Deere helps you OUTRUN THEM ALL

AFGRI introduces John Deere's new 2144G forestry swing machine - built for the woods. Efficient. Agile. Productive. The John Deere 2144G Swing Machine is changing the way forestry professionals tackle timber harvesting. Purpose-built with insights from the people who live and breathe harvesting, the G-Series machine doesn't just meet expectations, it resets them.

05th July 2025

Winch-assisted Cobras tackle steep slopes in KZN’s Midlands and Zululand

Leading the way in this regard is Ponsse, the Finnish manufacturer that has taken steep slope harvesting to the next level. Key to the success of the Ponsse steep slope machines is the built-in Herzog Synchrowinch that is synchronised with the transmission of the harvester or forwarder, allowing it to automatically spool in and out as the machine works across the slope.

24th June 2025

John Deere brings the new 2144G Tracked Harvester to Southern Africa

John Deere is introducing a lower-cost, purpose-built forestry harvester to the Southern African market. Designed and manufactured in Brazil, the 2144G track-based purpose-built machine has been very successful in harvesting fast-growing, high-yield (FGHY) plantations, which are the backbone of Brazilian and South African forestry. It is around this culture that the 2144G was developed.

26th May 2025

Bell Skogger has changed the game for Whisky Valley in the Eastern Cape

Harvesting contractor Wes Redinger’s decision to mechanise his operations paid off when he invested in a Bell Skogger, grew his chainsaw gangs from three to seven, and removed two tractor-trailers and eight manual labourers while increasing productivity and consistency.

20th November 2024

Back to basics focus for KZN wattle growers

NCT Forestry organised an informative field day in October for its members and farmers in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Midlands region. Terry Wolhuter of Elands Spruit Farm in New Hanover hosted the event.

18th November 2024

Wattle: Champion trees, when properly managed

In the right hands, wattle trees are true champion trees, giving commercial and small-scale growers multiple product options. Unmanaged, these prolific seeders can spread far and wide across the hills and valleys, negatively impacting biodiversity and using up scarce water resources.

22nd October 2024

Profit pointers for wattle growers

A recent wattle field day organised by NCT Forestry provided an ideal opportunity for local tree farmers to pick up some pointers from the wattle “experts” who have been working with wattle for decades.

21st October 2024

Eastern Cape tree farmers cash in on wattle bark sales

NCT members in the Eastern Cape have seized the opportunity created by the current demand for wattle bark to utilise their timber resources more effectively.

15th October 2024

Nwabisa Mpompo bags another silviculture contract

MTO Forestry has awarded Nwabisa Mpompo, owner and director of Bamanye Construction Services, the silviculture contract for its Southern Cape Knysna plantation.

13th October 2024

SP, TimberPro harvesting equipment demo impresses

A forwarder carrying a 20-ton plus load of pine logs down a 50% slope drew gasps from a group of

21st February 2024

New generation contractor makes his mark

At just 30-years-old, Sabelo Sithole is at the forefront of a new generation of forestry contractors servicing Mondi South Africa.

10th January 2024

Can Safcol save Pietermaritzburg’s plantations?

The forests that surround Pietermaritzburg should be – could be – one of the city’s finest assets. If well managed

24th November 2023

More support for emerging contractors required

Emerging forestry contractors in South Africa are in urgent need of support in order for them to make a go

27th August 2023

NCT’s small scale tree farmer of the year

Sydney Qedumona Hlanguza from the Umvoti tribal area has been nominated by the NCT Forestry team as their Small Scale

26th August 2023

Conserving soil health for future generations

Terry and Belinda Wolhuter of 92 Farming (Pty) Ltd are NCT’s Commercial Tree Farmers of the Year for 2023. Terry

30th June 2023

Red flag over deteriorating health of forest soils

Planting the same tree species over successive rotations carries a high risk of deteriorating soil health, say FABI researchers …

31st May 2023

New Waratah heads built to work in Africa

Waratah has released its new generation 200 and 400 series harvester heads that are well suited for African conditions and

11th January 2023

SA-built tracked mulcher ideal for under-canopy work

A home-grown, South African-built tracked mulcher is the latest machine to roll off the factory floor at Wuhlf Equipment, the

28th June 2022

Thinnings drone works from above

An innovative Swedish start-up has been in stealth mode since the start of 2020, but now they have finally revealed

20th June 2022

Wattle growers share experiences

Foresters from NTE and NCT hosted a field day for an enthusiastic group of small-scale wattle growers at NCT’s Ahrens

16th May 2022

Municipal plantation in safe hands

While a number of municipal plantations around KZN appear to be falling into disrepair under inexperienced and inefficient management, the

10th March 2022

The Cape sawlog PINCH!

The scramble for scarce roundlog resources in the Southern Cape has stakeholders on edge while government takes tentative steps to

23rd February 2022

Wonderful wattle in Matimatolo

NCT’s Small-Scale Tree Farmer of the Year for 2021 demonstrates how to establish and build a sustainable tree farming operation

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