T he price of petrol will sharply rise again next month.
This will have a huge impact on the prices of everything that we use on a daily basis, including food and transport.
This is survival of the fittest and the future looks very gloomy.
In his recent state of the province address, Gauteng Premier David Makhura said urban agriculture should be promoted in all communities so that every piece of land is used to produce food.
I'm also encouraging fellow South Africans who are in urban areas to heed the premier's call and make use of available land at our disposal to plant food.
I know that some urban areas are very congested with no space for agricultural activities.
We can use available and unused land at local schools or churches.
For example, my colleagues and I are using a piece of land at our workplace to plant vegetables.
It has health and financial benefits.
- Peter Matome Machaba
Tembisa
)We need to go back to the basics, Peter.
Growing food at home has many other benefits apart from the health one.
Vegetable patches, or fruit trees, also help families to bring up responsible children.
When children are shown how to tend and care for plants, they become better citizens as they grow up with that sense of responsibility.
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