Historical SASTA Field Day: Kearsney Manor and Glendale Valley If history is your thing, the SASTA field day held on 13 October would have been right up your alley. SASTA members enjoyed a morning of memories, as we visited Kearsney Manor, Sir Liege Hulett’s family home and the original abode of Kearsney College from…
Webinar: Electric Trucks At a SASTA Webinar attended by 45 delegates on 6 October 2026, Professor Lesedi Masisi of the University of Witwatersrand provided a background to electric vehicles. He explained how the control systems convert chemical potential energy into mechanical energy when propulsion is required, and the reverse scenario when regenerative braking is used…
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Visit to Lakeside Engineering On 23 June 2026, a small delegation of SASTA members visited Lakeside Engineering in Westmead, Durban, where they were hosted by Jhaques Thyssen from the External Sales division. Lakeside was founded in 1983 and is a regular exhibitor at SASTA Congress trade exhibitions. They manufacture, supply and repair a wide…
SASTA Webinar A SASTA webinar was held on 26 March 2026. The webinar featured two presentations from the agricultural section of SASTA Congress 2025. Both papers were winners of the Kynoch Award, based on content of the papers, as well as the quality of the presentations at the Congress. Characterising Climate Change SASRI’s Cropping Systems…
Visit to Ilembe Foundry SASTA members were treated to an insightful visit to Ilembe Foundry in March. By our own admission, many of us were unsure what to expect, and we were thoroughly fascinated by the processes we observed. For those unable to attend, a foundry is a factory where metal is melted and poured…
Dear ISSCT Members, We are pleased to present you with the February 2026 issue of the ISSCT Bulletin which you may access here. As you will notice the Bulletin is in the form of a flipbook which is a modern and engaging approach, allowing readers to navigate the publication page by page in an interactive…
Cooling Farm and Fountainhill Estate, KZN Midlands SASTA members were treated to insights into two fascinating operations in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands on 25 February 2026. Kiwis and avocados were on the menu for the day, and both farms kept our members spellbound as we learned about some of the intricacies of producing these crops. We…