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The landscape of the South African wine industry is slowly changing in a direction that reflects the country’s indigenous population, as more and more black South Africans succeed in what was once a white-dominated field.<\/p>\n
Paul Siguqa<\/strong>, 41, from the Western Cape, who has his roots in winemaking, has bought his own wine farm for 12 million rand (about CHF 547’380.-) after 15 years of saving, France24 reports. His mother had worked on a farm in South Africa’s Cape Winelands for 37 years under the white minority apartheid regime.<\/p>\n Siguqa is the first black person to own a wine farm in the Franschhoek Valley, the Financial Mail reported.<\/p>\n The Klein Goederust Franschhoek Boutique Wine Estate opened in 1902 and has had a breath of fresh air since Siguqa took over.<\/p>\n Siguqa grew up in the area as his mother, Nomaroma Siguqa, worked on a vineyard for about 37 years. His mother was a grounding force who also pushed him to stay in school and continue his education.<\/p>\n \u00abIf we want to make a change in an industry, we have to be the change. And I wanted to contribute to change in an industry that is very close to my heart, which is the wine industry. When you grow up on a farm as a child of farm workers, black farm workers, you are raised to be the next generation of labour for that farm. The farmer doesn’t spend a lot of time looking for labour, the children become the next generation of labour in most cases\u00bb, explains Siguqa.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/u1ypR3qIMVA” _builder_version=”4.10.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_video][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.10.7″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Carmen Stevens of Carmen Stevens Wines, South Africa’s first wholly black-owned winery, said funding remains a challenge for people of colour in the industry because they do not come from a country with great financial backing.<\/p>\n