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Academy for young winemakers aims to diversify South Africa's wine industry

Ziyanda Njalo, a graduate of the Pinotage Youth Development Academy's wine programme, holds a bottle of Ulutsha, a red produced by PYDA students. © Claire Bargelès/RFI

One of the world's top 10 wine producers, South Africa owes some 9 percent of its GDP to the wine sector – but the industry remains dominated by the white minority. A training academy for young South Africans from disadvantaged backgrounds aims to change that.

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