Umbhaba Estates

Umbhaba Estates Pty Ltd ("Umbhaba Estates") is a large agricultural enterprise based in Mpumalanga, South Africa and operating out of three geographical locations, namely Hazyview, Hectorspruit and Kiepersol. Our core business and passion revolves around banana farming, which we grow, ripen and distribute to leading chain-stores as well as other markets throughout the country. Umbhaba Estates has shown consistent growth as a business entity and has distinguished itself as a major agricultural role-player and leading banana producer in South Africa. The farming operation was founded by Roy and Cheryl Plath in 1979. The entrepreneurial skills and qualities of the family based management team have resulted in the prolific performance and growth of the business over the past 40 years which is almost without equal in the agricultural sector. Umbhaba Estates has a significant impact on the regional socio-economic conditions and is a large-scale employer in the agricultural sector in Mpumalanga. Umbhaba Estates has distinguished itself as a creator of job opportunities, especially over the past 20 years, and it will be continuing to do so for the foreseeable future. This is remarkable given the fact that, during the same period in time, total full time employment in Agriculture has been declining.