Tru-Cape's Pieter Graaff named Western Cape Farmer of the Year

L-R: Roelf Pienaar land Pieter Graaff of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing

In commending Graaff, the association said that Graaff, through his Witzenberg Properties holdings, is the single biggest apple producer in South Africa with a 2018 production of 46,783 tonnes.

Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing’s MD, Roelf Pienaar, says, "Our heartiest congratulations to our chairman, Pieter Graaff, on this notable accolade and achievement. Tru-Cape is blessed to have a number of our growers and employees celebrated by peers in the industry. For Tru-Cape, Pieter’s forward-thinking approach to planting new varieties and further developing his cherry crop adds much value to Tru-Cape’s product basket. We also recognise the cogent and fiduciary duty that he performs as our chairman.”