National Rooibos Day on 16 January is about celebrating Rooibos, and raising awareness of the health benefits and uses of this indigenous South African product. The date – 16 January – coincides with the birthdate of Benjamin Ginsberg (born in 1885), who played a major role in the establishment of the Rooibos industry. Ginsberg is…
Visitors from far and wide have recently visited Rooibos Ltd in Clanwilliam to learn more about the product and the processes used to produce Rooibos tea and Rooibos extracts, and about our rigorous quality control measures. These visitors will now be able to tell the Rooibos story based on first-hand experience: Dilmah: Anudini Liyanage, manager…
Nicholas Quenet from Stellenbosch University won the men’s triathlon in the 32nd Freshpak Fitness Festival on 29 September.
On 15 March this year, a Rooibos activation programme was hosted at the Regent Hotel, Beijing, to increase the awareness and uptake of Rooibos in the Chinese market. The overall objective was to increase the volume of value-added South African exported products to the Chinese market. On the guest list were members of the Chinese…
Visitors from countries as far afield as Turkey, Russia, the UK, Germany, France and the Netherlands recently visited Rooibos Ltd in Clanwilliam for a first-hand experience of what indigenous Rooibos is all about. Among the visitors were film crews producing inserts on Rooibos. Says Gerda de Wet, Communication Manager at Rooibos Ltd, “These visits present…
Clanwilliam’s Rooibos Route allows people to experience Rooibos first-hand. This route was established by two sisters, Sanet Stander and Marietjie Smit, who also run the Rooibos Teahouse. Today, visitors can taste Rooibos dishes at various restaurants, stay over on Rooibos farms, watch presentations at Rooibos Ltd, enjoy salon treatments with Rooibos products, shop for Rooibos…
Kieran van Zyl has been appointed as Rooibos Ltd’s representative in Greater China to help develop the Chinese market to its full potential and to focus on enhanced service delivery to this market. Kieran has spent the past four years in China, studying Mandarin and facilitating fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) partnerships between Chinese and foreign…
In October this year, Hannes van der Merwe from the farm Rietvlei received the Cecil Bergh Floating Trophy for the Rooibos Ltd Producer of the Year 2017. The HC Ginsberg Floating Trophy for the Top Rooibos Sample went to Buks Marais from Kleinvlei while the Clanwilliam Cooperative Tea Company Floating Trophy went to Rooibos Ltd’s…
The Sri Lankan tea industry is celebrating the 150 years of Ceylon tea this year. The Tea Exporters Association (TEA) in Sri Lanka used its Annual General Meeting to celebrate this milestone and invited Rooibos Ltd’s Sales Manager in Sri Lanka, Tharanga Cooray, to attend the prestigious event. The AGM, which included a formal dinner,…
On Tuesday, 16 January 2018 National Rooibos Day was celebrated at various establishments in and around Clanwilliam – the Rooibos capital of the world. Rooibos Ltd, which has been supplying Rooibos to clients all over the world since 1954, hosted a special event for its employees and visitors. “National Rooibos Day is about acknowledging this…
