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The woman looking to transform South Africa's wine industry

If you drive about an hour outside Cape Town, you come to Stellenbosch - the heart of South African wine country. And while almost 80% of the country's population is black, the percentage of black-owned vineyards and wine brands is thought to be less than 10%. The BBC's Kim Gittleson has been to meet Ntsiki Biyela, South Africa's first female black winemaker, who also provides training opportunities for young people looking to work in the wine industry. So how did she get started in the wine business?

(Photo: Ntsiki Biyela sitting beside two of her bottles of wine. Credit: Kim Gittleson / BBC)

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