Hermanus Bienas, an assistant manager at the Kys Nursery in Vredendal, was named as the winner of the 2017 Western Cape Prestige Agri Awards. The announcement was made at a ceremony at the Nederburg Wine Estate in Paarl on 4 November 2017.
Since 2002, 9,369 agricultural employees have entered the competition. The competition is co-sponsored by the Western Cape Department of Agriculture and Shoprite.