About Ezulwini Africa
A South African aquaponic farming business founded to create change through farming.
Who we are
What Ezulwini does
Ezulwini Africa is a South African aquaponic farming business founded to create change through farming. The business started in Dullstroom, Mpumalanga, and is building a network of smart, systemised farms that produce fresh local food, create jobs, train young farmers, and develop ownership pathways for young black farmers.
Ezulwini grows fresh produce including lettuces, leafy greens, herbs, cucumbers, microgreens, edible flowers, and seasonal tomatoes. The business supplies food-service, retail, and fresh produce buyers while building a repeatable operating model for future farms.
The long-term vision is to support a network of commercially viable farms where local operators are backed by systems, training, technology, reporting, and market access. Ezulwini's model combines practical farming, disciplined operations, impact, and commercial sustainability.
Location
Where Ezulwini is based
Ezulwini started and operates from Dullstroom in Mpumalanga, with expansion underway through a broader farm network model.
Main farm
Ezulwini Dullstroom
Portion 10 of the Farm Kareekraal 135JT
Kruisfontein Road
Dullstroom
Mpumalanga
South Africa
Dullstroom, Mpumalanga
Hekpoort, Gauteng
From the farm
What Ezulwini grows
Grown in a closed-loop aquaponic system focused on fresh, clean, local produce with reduced reliance on conventional field-farming inputs.
Fresh, crisp lettuce grown in clean aquaponic water for consistent leaf quality and shelf life.
Nutrient-dense leafy greens harvested fresh for food-service, retail, and market buyers.
Aromatic culinary herbs grown for flavour and freshness, ideal for kitchens and retailers.
Speciality lines for chefs and premium menus, including microgreens and edible flowers.
Controlled-environment cucumbers, including convenient baby cucumber packs.
Seasonal tomatoes grown for flavour, available depending on the growing season.
The method
Why aquaponics
At Ezulwini, aquaponics is treated as a platform for disciplined farm operations, training, production, data, and market access.
Aquaponics connects fish, water, nutrients, and plants in a more circular growing system that reuses nutrients instead of wasting them.
A more controlled environment makes farming more teachable, more measurable, and better suited to repeatable farm operations.
Ezulwini treats aquaponics as a platform for disciplined operations, training, production, data, and market access — not as a gadget.
Our people
Who Ezulwini works with
The site makes it clear what each visitor should do next.
Restaurants, retailers, distributors, caterers, lodges, and fresh produce markets who want fresh, clean, local produce.
Private investors, DFIs, impact funds, corporates, banks, and foundations backing scalable, impact-driven farming.
Landowners, community projects, commercial farmers, and development organisations building productive farm platforms.
Young people, job seekers, learners, and farm team candidates serious about building farming skill.
From the founder
A note from Lee
"I started Ezulwini because I believe farming can do more than produce food. It can create jobs, build ownership, train people, and open doors for young farmers who have historically been locked out of real commercial opportunity. Our work is not perfect or easy, but the direction is clear: build farms that work, train people properly, sell good produce, and create change through farming."
— Lliam Roach
Founder and Managing Director
Get in touch
Contact details
Reach the Ezulwini team directly.
Phone / WhatsApp
+27 82 446 1912Main farm
Ezulwini Dullstroom
Dullstroom, Mpumalanga, South Africa