Life tastes good at Amangwe Village
The people of Amangwe Village and Coca Cola Bottling Company SA dug deep into their African roots, establishing vegetable tunnels for Amangwe's flourishing organic garden
THE best things in life are free – such as the pleasure of partnering with others to make Planet Earth a more pleasant place.
The people of Amangwe Village and the Coca Cola Bottling Company South Africa (CCBSA) dug deep into their African roots, establishing vegetable tunnels for Amangwe’s flourishing organic garden where Bongani Mthethwa grows veggies to make any farmer green with envy.
The garden is also the source of ‘medicine man’ Amos Mtshali miracle muti, which locals swear by, and is distributed to rural areas by a team of home-based caregivers.
In 2005, the then ABI donated the irrigation system for the Amangwe Village garden, which has since fed multitudes of pre-schoolers at Amangwe’s crèche.
The company returned on Monday to install two vegetable tunnels, complete with garden equipment and seedlings.
Coca Cola Bottling South Africa (CCBSA) donated the irrigation system for the Amangwe Village garden in 2005 and returned this week to donate two vegetable tunnels to boost quality and production
The CCBSA’s Zululand green team, led by CSI manager Sam Nkosi and Brenda Scheepers of the Angel Projects, said the worthy project doubled as a team-building exercise.
The two groups prepared the beds for planting, weeded, worked the kraal manure into the soil, planted and watered seedlings and covered them with a blanket of hay.
Bongani Mthethwa, Amangwe’s food garden coordinator, said that the tunnels will protect the vegetables against the hot Zululand sun and will need less water as evaporation will be minimised.
‘We depend on rainwater at this moment owing to the water restrictions in the area.’
Amnagwe’s manager Erna Steynberg says her ‘heart is bursting’. Usually composed, she quickly wipes away a tear.
‘It was a blessed day at Amangwe today,’ she smiles.
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