Western Cape Business 2017 edition

PROFILE South African

PROFILE South African Table Grape Industry South Africa: preffered country of origin for the world’s best-tasting grapes. SATI represents growers in key government and industry initiatives aimed at creating more opportunities, from ownership to accessing new markets in a sustainable way. SATI assists growers with crucial industry information, Willem Bestbier, CEO transformation, statistics, research, technology and technical transfer as well as training and education with the aim of establishing South Africa as the Preferred Country of Origin for the world’s besttasting grapes. South African table grape growers and exporters are committed to being a reliable supplier of table grapes by delivering a safe, flavour-filled product of the highest quality. grape producer as wide a choice as possible with profitable markets. Mission SATI delivers service excellence to create a progressive, equitable and sustainable South African table grape industry. SATI’S key areas of intervention • Technical market access • Research and technology transfer • Information and knowledge management • Transformation • Communication and stakeholder engagement • Human capacity and skills development • Technical support continued on page 82 They have dedicated themselves to ensuring that our special taste, quality and choice product meet the highest level of compliance with world market standards. Vision South Africa is the Preferred Country of Origin for table grapes and will provide every table WESTERN CAPE BUSINESS 2017 82