At the branch AGM, the following committee members were nominated for 2017: Mike Banda (chairman), Gary Friend, (vice chairman), Cheryl Hird, (treasurer) Elri Klee (secretary), Tebogo Mulauzi (technical evening coordinator), Jabulani Radebe (site visit coordinator), Andrew Bharath (member), Ann de Beer (member), Steve Elliott (member) and Kudzai Mberi (member).
From left to right: Tebogo Mulauzi, Ann de Beer, Elri Klee, Gary Friend, Jabulani Radebe, Mike Banda, Andrew Bharath and Cheryl Hird, not in the photo: Kudzai Mberi and Steve Elliott.
The new committee will plan the roadmap with regards to the operation of the branch, and events such as technology evenings, site visits and the annual golf day, details of which shall be communicated in due course.
Social
The branch organised a cheese and wine evening in November 2016 as its year-end function. It was hosted by the Cheese Gourmet in Linden, which included a presentation on cheese, as well as cheese and wine pairing. The presentation described the farms, history, people and philosophy behind cheese-making.
Cheeses sampled included Goats Chèvre (soft on the palate and very creamy), Camembert (a local dreamy interpretation), Havarti (mild, full of flavour, an all-rounder), Huguenot (currently the top cheese in South Africa, strong and distinctive, wash rind), Strong Cheddar (well balanced, strong, very true to the original flavour) and Gorgonzola (blue cheese).
This enjoyable evening was well received by all who attended.
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