Keen show-goers, open your diaries. Here are the dates of some of the major agricultural shows around the country in 2024.
21-23 March: Kicking off the show merry-go-round is Sakeliga Kragdag Kaap, to be held as before on Moreson Farm adjacent to the N7 highway outside Malmesbury. www.kragdag.co.za
14-17 May: The major agri expo of the year remains the Nampo Harvest Day, held at the Nampo Showgrounds between Klerksdorp and Bothaville. www.grainsa.co.za
24-29 May: Many of the exhibitors at Nampo simply move their stands to Pietermaritzburg for the Royal Agricultural Show, now the oldest agricultural show in the country, having been first held in 1851. www.royalshow.co.za
8-10 August: The main Kragdag expo, now named Sakeliga Kragdag Sentraal, takes place at the Diamantvallei Estate near Rayton.
11-14 September: Nampo Cape takes place again at the showgrounds in Bredasdorp.
Still to be announced are the dates for the 61st Walkerville Agricultural Show, which usually takes pace over a weekend in early September. https://walkervillesa.co.za/agsoc.html
I would like to attend Pretoria shows. Please keep me updated.