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Number 43 on the 2024 list
Meshack Ndongeni is a farmer from South Africa, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for being named New Harvest Farmer of the Year for his mixed farm near Kokstad.
Meshack Ndongeni was named Toyota SA and AgriSA New Harvest Farmer of the Year at a gala in Johannesburg on 21 November 2024. Farming near Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal, he grows maize, soybeans, wheat, potatoes and cabbage, raises sheep and cattle, and runs his own potato packing shed; his prize was a new Toyota Hilux. A judge said his passion for farming was contagious, with his children following in his footsteps.