The Capespan Group, through its associate company Rapiprop, has purchased the 490 ha Applethwaite farm in the Grabouw area, Western Cape from the Lombardi Trust for an undisclosed sum.

Moving on to ever more innovations, Capespan Foods has exciting news.

After releasing the group's abridged 2007 report, managing director Neil Oosthuizen reported that headline earnings per share also showed good improvement from 15,3 cents to 20 cents per share - up 30,7%.