Dis nie aldag dat \u2019n mens die kans kry om die plaasopset van \u2019n Boer van die Jaar te besoek nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 geleentheid was onlangs vir joernaliste en ander mense in die landboubedryf beskore toe hulle plase van die Le Roux Groep buite die Paarl en Wellington besoek het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eienaar Jan le Roux is verlede jaar aangewys as die 2021 Suid-Afrikaanse Boer van die Jaar, \u2019n jaarlikse toekenning wat deur die SA Landbouskrywers-vereniging bestaande uit landbouskrywers en mediamense aangebied word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy was ook in 2018 die ontvanger van die O.S.H. Reinecke-trofee wat jaarliks deur die Suid-Afrikaanse Sagtevrugtebedryf aan bedryfsleiers oorhandig word. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die oud-Gimmie het rekeningkunde aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch gestudeer, en het jare lank \u2019n leidende rol by die Pepkor Groep gespeel, waar hy in 2001 as globale uitvoerende hoof uitgetree het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die besoekers, wat van reg oor die land gekom het om die geleentheid mee te maak, het ook vorige wenners van die Boer van die Jaar-toekenning ingesluit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hulle het gou geleer dat Le Roux \u2019n man is wat onderhoudend kan gesels en vol lewenslesse en wyshede is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die uitdrukking \u201cdaar was al \u2019n man op die maan\u201d word gereeld gebruik om iemand te motiveer wat dink dat \u2019n taak onmoontlik is, omdat die woorde \u201ckan nie\u201d bloot nie in sy woordeskat bestaan nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEk is \u2019n werkolis en \u2019n perfeksionis en soms meng die twee nie so lekker nie,\u201d het hy ook al op \u2019n keer ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 aanhaling verskyn in \u2019n boekie wat besoekers as deel van hul tweedag-besoek aan die Le Roux Groep ontvang het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het onder meer vir die besoekers vertel oor die vreugdes en frustrasies van die landboubedryf, en hoe daar voortdurend planne gemaak word om probleme in byvoorbeeld die verskeping van uitvoervrugte te hanteer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die boerderybedrywighede van die Le Roux Groep beslaan 654 hektaar tafeldruiwe asook 192 hektaar pruime en nektariens. In seisoentyd word daar 24 uur per dag vrugte gepak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die groep neem in \u2019n tipiese jaar 6 200 mense in diens, waarvan 800 permanent is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die besoekers het onder begeleiding van die Le Roux-groep se sterk bestuurspan onder meer die geleentheid gekry om Sandrivier-landgoed naby Wellington te besoek, waar uitvoergehalte pruime en nektariens verbou en verpak word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 voormalige graanplaas is sedert die 1990\u2019s omskep in \u2019n vrugteplaas van formaat. Dis sedert 2003 die tuiste van die Fruit2U-pakstoor en sy verkoelingsfasiliteit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joubertsdal en Mooikelder is ook besoek. Saam produseer di\u00e9 eenheid buite die Paarl sowat 450 000 4,5 kg- kartonne tafeldruiwe vir die uitvoermark per jaar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Benewens behuising vir landbouwerkers is daar ook \u2019n geakkrediteerde cr\u00e8che en naskool- sorgsentrum op die plaas, asook \u2019n permanente kliniek, bankteller en winkel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gedurende die oes- en paktyd werk daar sowat 1 000 werknemers op Mooikelder en Joubertsdal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die toer het nie \u2019n besoek aan die Broodkraal-landgoed by Piketberg (ook \u2019n voormalige graanplaas) ingesluit nie. Hierdie landgoed is die grootste enkele tafeldruifeenheid in die Suidelike Halfrond waarvan alle produksie onder skadunet is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die Le Roux Groep se uitvoermaatskappy, Le Roux Fruit Exporters, voer jaarliks meer as drie miljoen kartonne druiwe, nektariens en pruime uit. Markte sluit in Europa, die Verenigde Koninkryk, VSA sowel as die Verre en Midde-Ooste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deur middel van die groep se werkerstrust besit permanente landbouwerkers \u2019n 32%-aandeel in Broodkraal-landgoed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Le Roux self is \u2019n Paarliet in murg en been, wat in 1950 gebore is en daarna grootgeword het op die Mooikelder-landgoed buite die dorp, wat al meer as \u2019n eeu lank in sy familie se besit is, en op sy dag ook die tuiste van Cecil John Rhodes was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die herehuis en wynkelder op die plaas is reeds in 1835 gebou en dien vandag as \u2019n luukse spa, naamlik \u201cMooikelder Aesthetics and Wellness\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir Le Roux is die begrip \u201cleierskap\u201d gegrond op eerbaarheid en menslike begrip, oftewel compassion<\/span>. Hy beskou beleid en beginsels as die vertrekpunt en die fondamente waarop \u2019n besigheid gebou moet word. 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