Introducing... Jan Bostander

Jan Bostander is the chairperson of the small stock association committee of Merweville. He is clear that “the Karoo is about agriculture”: water and growing food for people are intimately linked to the future of the land and the people. He is convinced that fracking will make the droughts worse. What needs to be done, in his opinion, is that small farmers like those on his committee need to be able to be part of problem-solving, part of providing food security and passing on farming methods and traditions to the generations to come. He is also passionate about renewable energy as a solution for youth employment, and for farming in the future. This film is released as part of series created by Ilizwi Lenyaniso Lomhlaba, the “true voice of the land”, based in Graaff-Reinet in the Karoo. Ilizwi Lenyaniso Lomhlaba is a collaborative project established between the Support Centre for Land Change and Youth-in-Power in Graaff Reinet, and academic partners at the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies in Johannesburg, and at Leeds University in the UK. It is part of the Changing the Story programme, and you can read more about our project here: https://changingthestory.leeds.ac.uk/... Follow us on Twitter:   / ilizwil   Like us on Facebook:   / ilizwi-lenyaniso-lomhlaba-2329818320566669   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: Our partners: Changing the Story: https://changingthestory.leeds.ac.uk Support Centre for Land Change: www.sclc.co.za Wits Centre for Diversity Studies: www.wits.ac.za/wicds Scott Burnett: https://www.isk.lu.se/scott-burnett Aylwyn Walsh: https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/performance/s...